Frank Wieneke

Since 2001, Frank Wieneke coached the German Olympic first team. He coached Ole Bischof to a gold medal in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. On February 25, 2018, at the occasion of the 2018 Düsseldorf Grand Slam IJF Tournament, the German Judo Federation publicly announced it had promoted Wieneke, at that point 56 years of age, to judo 8th dan black belt.

On December 31, 2008, Frank Wieneke ended his eight-year stint as full-time coach to the German National Team (Men under 23) for the German Judo Federation. From January 2009, he is scientific lecturer at the Coaching Academy in Cologne, responsible for the training and continuing training in the degreed trainer study track. Wieneke’s successor coach of the German National Team is Detlef Ultsch. In 2016, Mr. Wieneke was inducted into the German Sports Hall of Fame. He lives together with his wife Marita and two children in the vicinity of Cologne.

Among other accomplishments, he became an Olympic gold medalist in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and a silver medalist in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, both in the half-middleweight class. In addition, he was seven-time champion at the international or German national levels, and was once European champion and twice runner-up in European championships. Mr. Wieneke was a starter for VfL Wolfsburg, and during his career as a competing judoka, from 1979 to 1992, he was a member of the German National Team.

Frank Wieneke (born January 31, 1962 in Hannover) is a German judoka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He is a member of Germany’s Sports Hall of Fame.