Frank Zielecke

Franklin "Frank" Zielecke (born June 12, 1946 ) is a former German weightlifter .

Career

Frank Zielecke comes from Magdeburg and started lifting weights there in 1960 . After initial success in the youth and junior sector, he was delegated to TSC Berlin , where he underwent intensive training. His trainer was Dieter Annas. In 1968 he was used internationally for the first time in battles between the GDR. In the same year he also achieved his first podium place with the seniors with the 3rd place at the GDR middleweight championships. In 1972 he qualified for participation in the Olympic Games in Munich , where he achieved an excellent 5th place in the middleweight division (up to 75 kg body weight at that time). In 1973 he was runner-up in the light heavyweight championship in the all-around and world champion in pushing at the World Championships in Havana . Frank Zielecke was active until 1976.

The trained locksmith trained to become a teacher.

International successes / all-around

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Wed = Middleweight, Ls = Light Heavyweight, competitions up to 1972 in the Olympic three-way fight, consisting of pushing, tearing and pushing, from 1973 in a duel, consisting of tearing and pushing)

• 1970, 4th place , Baltic Cup, Wed, with 422.5 kg, behind Leif Jensen , Norway , 440 kg, Smirnow, USSR, 430 kg and Kurko, Finland, 427.5 kg;
• 1972, 1st place , Grand Prix of Berlin, Wed, with 435 kg, in front of Peter Wenzel , GDR , 422.5 kg and Faber, GDR, 400 kg;
• 1972, 4th place , EM in Constanța , Wed, with 457.5 kg, behind Jordan Bikow , Bulgaria , 477.5 kg, Wiktor Kurenzow , USSR , 477.5 kg and Anselmo Silvino , Italy , 460 kg;
• 1972, 5th place , OS in Munich , Wed, with 460 kg, behind Bikow, 480 kg, Mohamed Tarabulsi , Lebanon , 472.5 kg, Silvino, 470 kg and Ondřej Hekel , CSSR , 462.5 kg;
• 1973, 4th place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Tashkent , Ls, with 322.5 kg, behind Vladimir Ryschenkow , USSR, 350 kg, Kamenopolski, Bulgaria, 347.5 kg and Awishen, Poland , 325 kg;
• 1973, 2nd place , Baltic Cup in Schwedt , Ls, with 325 kg, behind Gennadi Ivanchenko , USSR, 327.5 kg and in front of Wolfgang Kneißl, FRG, 305 kg;
• 1973, 3rd place , EM in Madrid , Ls, with 332.5 kg, behind Ivanchenko, 352.5 kg and R. Rusew, Bulgaria, 335 kg;
• 1973, 2nd place , World Cup in Havana , Ls, with 347.5 kg, behind Ivanchenko, 350 kg and in front of Sochanski, Poland, 332.5 kg;
• 1975, 2nd place , Baltic Cup in Sopot , Ls, with 325 kg, behind Jerzy Kaczkowski , Poland, 327.5 kg and in front of Leif Jensen, 310 kg

Medals individual disciplines

(awarded since 1969)

• World Cup gold medal: 1973, push, Ls,
• World Cup bronze medal: 1973, tear, Ls,
• EM bronze medal: 1972, tear, Wed

GDR championships

• 1968: 3rd place, Wed, with 382.5 kg, behind Werner Dittrich , Zittau , 415 kg and Scholz, Leipzig , 405 kg;
• 1969: 2nd place, Wed, behind Werner Dittrich,
• 1970: 1st place, Wed, with 422.5 kg, ahead of Dörner, Chemnitz , 420 kg and Scholz, 410 kg;
• 1971: 2nd place, behind Peter Wenzel, Dresden ;
• 1972: 1st place, Ls, with 477.5 kg, ahead of Radtke, Chemnitz, 477.5 kg;
• 1973: 1st place, Ls, with 332.5 kg, before the turn, Eibau , 297.5 kg;
• 1974: 1st place, Ls

Web links

• Frank Zielecke Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century