Frank Wieneke
Frank Wieneke ( born January 31, 1962 in Hannover) is one of the most successful German judoka.
He was, among other winners at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and second at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, in each case in the light middleweight. In addition, he was seven or German International Champion, European Champion and twice Vice-European Champion. Wieneke started for VfL Wolfsburg and was during his active fighter career from 1979 to 1992 member of the German national team.
As of 2001, coached Frank Wieneke the A- Federal squad. He has the 7th Dan (red- white) in Judo. In 2008, he led Ole Bischof as a coach for the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
December 31, 2008 ended Frank Wieneke his eight -year national coach activity (men and U23 ) for the German Judo Federation. From January 2009 he is Senior Research Fellow at the trainer academy in Cologne, responsible for the education and training of graduate coach 's program. Wienekes successor as national coach will Detlef Ultsch.
He lives with his wife Marita and his two children near Cologne.
Individual successes as an active judoka
Successes with the team
Success as national coach
- 2001 World Cup bronze medal Munich
- 2003, two bronze medals EM Dusseldorf
- 2003 World Championship gold medal Osaka
- 2004 European Championship silver medal Bucharest
- 2004 Olympic Bronze Medal Athens
- 2005 European Championships gold medal Rotterdam
- 2006 European Championships gold and bronze medal Tampere
- 2007 European Championship bronze medal Bucharest
- 2008 European Championship bronze medal Lisbon
- 2008 Olympic gold medal Beijing
- Judo Coach of the Year 2008