Frank Mantek

Frank Mantek (born 20 January 1959) is a German weightlifting coach and a retired weightlifter. He won a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the middle-heavyweight (under 90 kg) category, which also qualified as a bronze medal at world championships. In 1982 he won another combined bronze medal in the world/European championships.[1][2]

Frank Mantek
Frank Mantek in 2012
Personal information
Born (1959-01-20) 20 January 1959
Jena, Bezirk Gera, East Germany
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
ClubSC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1980 MoscowMiddle-heavyweight; 165+205 kg
World Championships
1980 Moscow Middle-heavyweight; 165+205 kg
1982 Ljubljana Middle-heavyweight; 170+207.5 kg
European Championships
1982 LjubljanaMiddle-heavyweight; 170+207.5 kg

He retired in 1983 and later admitted taking the performance-enhancing drug Oral Turinabol as part of the East German training system.[3] According to the doping expert Werner Franke, with an annual dose of 7600 mg Mantek was the second most doped East German athlete.[4] Since 1990 he is a head coach of the German Weightlifting Federation, raising such athletes as Matthias Steiner. He suffered a heart attack in 1995, which he attributed to his past doping practice.[3]

References
  1. Frank Mantek Archived 7 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. Frank Mantek. chidlovski.net
  3. Die vergessenen Jahre. faz.net, 16 June 2009
  4. Mantek kontert Franke-Attacke Archived 4 September 2012 at Archive.today. n24.de, 1 March 2009
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