Joachim Franke (trainer)

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GermanyGermany  Joachim Franke Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 30, 1940
place of birth White water
position striker
Career stations
1954-1968 SG Dynamo Weißwasser

Joachim Fritz Franke (born March 30, 1940 in Weißwasser ) is a German speed skating coach. Before that, he was an ice hockey player and coach in the GDR.

Joachim Franke played from 1954 to 1968 as a striker for Dynamo Weißwasser . He celebrated his greatest success as an athlete in 1966 when he won the bronze medal with the GDR ice hockey team at the European Championship . He played a total of 127 international matches for the GDR national team and took part in six world championships from 1959 to 1967, scoring 9 goals in 37 games and providing three assists and was three times fifth, once each sixth, seventh and ninth. At club level, he was GDR champion seven times in a row from 1959 to 1965. Then Franke was Weisswassers coach from 1969 to 1972 and won all four possible championship titles during this time.

In 1973 he began his career as a speed skating coach. His protégés won nine Olympic gold and nine other Olympic medals. His athletes became world champions 23 times, the first time in 1975 by Karin Kessow . There are also 43 other medals at world championships. His protégés also won 21 overall World Cups. From 1990 to 2006 the coach of the Sportclub Berlin was national coach , then he became an association coach . In 2000, he turned down an offer to work for the US association.

He trained among others the five-time Olympic champion Claudia Pechstein , the two-time Olympic champion Uwe-Jens Mey and the Olympic champions André Hoffmann and Olaf Zinke as well as Monique Garbrecht , Monique Angermüller and Thomas Schwarz .

Franke, who was voted the most successful speed skating trainer in 2001 and 2002, was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in 2002 for his achievements in promoting young athletes. He received the " Golden Band der Sportpresse " and was Berlin Trainer of the Year 2002. In 1988 he received the Order of the Banner of Labor Level I in the GDR .

Franke lives in Berlin , is married and has two children.

Doping in the GDR

Since 1975 Franke has worked in the secret research group "Additional Performance Reserves" (ZuLei) founded by the SED's competitive sports commission within the framework of the state compulsory doping system in the GDR . One of the tasks of the group was the testing of “supportive agents” ( anabolic steroids ).

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personal data
SURNAME Franke, Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Franke, Joachim Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ice hockey player and trainer as well as speed skating trainer
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH White water