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]

Born (1959-01-20) 20 January 1959 (age 67)

Jena, Bezirk Gera, East Germany

Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)

Weight89 kg (196 lb)

SportWeightlifting

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Frank Mantek

Frank Mantek in 2012
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Born	(1959-01-20) 20 January 1959 (age 67) Jena, Bezirk Gera, East Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Club	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Medal record Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Middle-heavyweight; 165+205 kg World Championships 1980 Moscow Middle-heavyweight; 165+205 kg 1982 Ljubljana Middle-heavyweight; 170+207.5 kg European Championships 1982 Ljubljana Middle-heavyweight; 170+207.5 kg

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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]