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{{short description|German judoka}}
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{{Infobox judoka
| image        = 2012-11-06 - Frank Wieneke - DOSB - 0616.jpg
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| alt          = 
| caption      = Wieneke in 2011
| birth_date   = {{birth-date and age|31 January 1962}}
| birth_place  = [[Hannover]], [[West Germany]]
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| country      = [[West Germany]]
| weight_class = ‍–‍78 kg
| rank         = <!-- Belt color ONLY. Automated when "dan" is used. -->
| rank_ref     = <ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-05-15|title=Frank Wieneke 8. Dan beim Lüner SV!|language=de|url=https://luenersv-judo.de/index.php/vereinsinfo/beitraege-infos/presser-archiv/vereinspresse/54-frank-wieneke-8-dan-beim-luener-sv}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
| dan          = 8
| club         = [[VfL Wolfsburg]]<ref name=":0" />
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| worlds_rank      = 5
| worlds_year      = 1989
| worlds_weight    = <!-- Optional – To link to specific weightclass competition article (when one exists) -->
| regionals_type   = EU
| regionals_rank   = 1
| regionals_year   = 1986
| regionals_weight = <!-- Men's 78 kg -->
| nationals        = 
| olympics_rank    = 1
| olympics_year    = 1984
| olympics_weight  = Men's 78 kg
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| show-medals    = 
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport| Men's [[judo]] }}
{{Medal|Country| {{FRG}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[Judo at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{Medal|G| [[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984&nbsp;Los&nbsp;Angeles]] | [[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 78 kg|{{nbnd}}78&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|S| [[Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988&nbsp;Seoul]] | [[Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 78 kg|{{nbnd}}78&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[European Judo Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{Medal|G| [[1986 European Judo Championships|1986&nbsp;Belgrade]] | [[1986 European Judo Championships – Men's 78 kg|{{nbnd}}78&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|S| [[1988 European Judo Championships|1988&nbsp;Pamplona]] | [[1988 European Judo Championships – Men's 78 kg|{{nbnd}}78&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|S| [[1989 European Judo Championships|1989&nbsp;Helsinki]] | [[1989 European Judo Championships – Men's 78 kg|{{nbnd}}78&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[European Junior Judo Championships|European Junior Championships]] }}
{{Medal|S| [[1981 European Junior Judo Championships|1981&nbsp;San&nbsp;Marino]] | {{nbnd}}71&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|B| [[1980 European Junior Judo Championships|1980&nbsp;Lisbon]] | {{nbnd}}71&nbsp;kg }}
| updated = 6 June 2023
}}

'''Frank Wieneke''' (born 31 January 1962 in [[Hannover]]) is a German [[judo]]ka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the [[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 78 kg|half middleweight division]] at the [[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="db-ol1984">[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=21&sp=JUD "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Judo"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827162432/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=21&sp=JUD |date=27 August 2008}} (Retrieved on 15 July 2008)</ref> He is a member of [[Germany's Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hall-of-fame-sport.de/aktuelles/presse-infos/2016/meldung-24-05-2016/|title=Meldung 24 05 2016|website=www.hall-of-fame-sport.de|access-date=2016-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717104041/http://www.hall-of-fame-sport.de/aktuelles/presse-infos/2016/meldung-24-05-2016/|archive-date=2016-07-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Career ==
Among other accomplishments, Wieneke became an Olympic gold medalist in the [[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 78 kg|1984 Olympic Games]] in Los Angeles, and a silver medalist in the [[Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 78 kg|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 Judo Championships|European champion]] ([[1986 European Judo Championships|1986]]) and twice runner-up in European championships. 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.

Since 2001, Frank Wieneke coached the German Olympic first team. He coached [[Ole Bischof]] to a gold medal in the [[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 81 kg|2008 Olympic Games]] in Beijing. On 25 February 2018, at the occasion of the [[2018 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf|2018 Düsseldorf Grand Slam]] Tournament, the [[German Judo Federation]] publicly announced it had promoted Wieneke, at that point 56 years of age, to judo 8th dan black belt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.judobund.de/aktuelles/detail/fuenfte-plaetze-fuer-samira-bouizgarne-und-johannes-frey-2902/|title=Fünfte Plätze für Samira Bouizgarne und Johannes Frey|website=Deutscher Judo Bund Aktuelles|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref>

On 31 December 2008 Frank Wieneke ended his eight-year stint as full-time coach to the German U23 National Team 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 [[Germany's Sports Hall of Fame]]. He lives together with his wife Marita and two children in the vicinity of Cologne.

== Individual achievements as a competing judoka ==
* 1980 3rd place in the [[1980 European Junior Judo Championships|European U21 Championships]] in [[Lisbon]], -71&nbsp;kg
* 1981 2nd place in [[1981 European Junior Judo Championships|European U21 Championships]] in [[San Marino]], -71&nbsp;kg
* 1983 Second place in the German Championships in [[Würzburg]], -78&nbsp;kg
* 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the [[Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]], in the -78&nbsp;kg
* 1985 German Champion in [[Frankenthal]], in the -78&nbsp;kg
* 1986 1st place in the [[1986 European Judo Championships|European Championships]] in [[Belgrade]], in the -78&nbsp;kg
* 1986 Champion in the [[Grand Slam Paris|Tournoi de Paris]], in the -78&nbsp;kg
* 1986 International German Champion in Russelsheim, in the -78&nbsp;kg
* 1986 German Champion in [[Munich]], in the -78&nbsp;kg
* 1987 German Champion in [[Hannover]], in the -78&nbsp;kg
* 1988 German Champion in [[Duisburg]], in the -78&nbsp;kg
* 1988 Silver medalist in the [[Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]], in the -78&nbsp;kg
* 1988 2nd place in the [[1988 European Judo Championships|European Championships]] in [[Pamplona]], in the -78&nbsp;kg
* 1989 2nd place in the [[1989 European Judo Championships|European Championships]] in [[Helsinki]], in the -78&nbsp;kg
* 1989 5th place in the [[1989 World Judo Championships|World Championships]] in [[Belgrade]], in the -78&nbsp;kg
* 1990 German Champion in [[Heilbronn]], in the -78&nbsp;kg

== Achievements in team competition ==
* 1981 1st place [[Champions League (judo)|European Cup Champions]] with [[VfL Wolfsburg]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2014-02-01 |title=Europa |url=http://www.judo-for-kids.de/Datenbank/Europapokal/Europapokal_Maenner.htm |access-date=2024-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201202356/http://www.judo-for-kids.de/Datenbank/Europapokal/Europapokal_Maenner.htm |archive-date=1 February 2014 }}</ref>
* 1986 [[IJF International Team Cup Paris]]: Champion with the European Continental Team{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
* 1987 2nd place Men's European Cup, Finals: [[US Orléans|US Orleans]] vs. VfL Wolfsburg<ref name=":0" />
* 1988 2nd place Men's European Cup, Finals: [[Racing Club de France]] vs. VfL Wolfsburg<ref name=":0" />

== Achievements as coach of the German national team ==
* 2001 Bronze medal in the [[2001 World Judo Championships|World Championships]] in Munich
* 2003 2 Bronze medals in the [[2003 European Judo Championships|European Championships]] in Düsseldorf
* 2003 Gold medal in the [[2003 World Judo Championships|World Championships]] in Osaka
* 2004 Silver medal in the [[2004 European Judo Championships|European Championships]] in Bucharest
* 2004 Bronze medal in the [[Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in Athens
* 2005 Gold medal in the [[2005 European Judo Championships|European Championships]] in Rotterdam
* 2006 Gold and bronze medals in the [[2006 European Judo Championships|European Championships]] in Tampere
* 2007 Bronze medal in [[2007 European Judo Championships|European Championships]] in Bucharest
* 2008 Bronze medal in the [[2008 European Judo Championships|European Championships]] in Lisbon
* 2008 Gold medal in the [[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]
* 2008 Judo Coach of the Year{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

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