Prof. Dr. Elmar Wienecke is a certified physical education teacher and holds a doctorate in sports science, which he earned at the German Sport University Cologne in the field of sports medicine/cardiology/training and exercise science. He worked as a soccer coach for many years—including as head coach of second division club 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 in 1990—before increasingly devoting himself to his scientific and health policy work.
In 1994, he founded the company SALUTO, which is now a center of excellence for micronutrient therapy and regulatory medicine. In 2013, he initiated the Foundation for Micronutrients – Prevention, Health, Quality of Life (SfMPGL). He is the initiator of the master's program in Micronutrient Therapy & Regulatory Medicine at the University of Applied Sciences for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (FHM) in Bielefeld, where he holds an endowed professorship for sports, nutrition, and regulatory medicine.
Through his research, he has built up a database of over 60,000 evaluated cases, which serves as the basis for his analyses and recommendations in micronutrient medicine. For his groundbreaking contributions, he has received, among other awards, the Innovation and Prevention Prize of the Foundation for Health and Environment (SfGU, Switzerland) 2025 and the QS24 Prize “Back to the Roots” 2022. He is also involved as deputy chairman of the Westphalia association group at the BDFL (German Football Coaches Association).
- Certified sports instructor, doctorate in sports science (DSHS Cologne)
- Football Bundesliga coaching license since 1989
- Founder and managing partner of SALUTO
- Initiator and program director of the MMA Master's program in Micronutrient Therapy & Regulatory Medicine at the FHM
- Holder of an endowed professorship for Sports, Nutrition & Regulatory Medicine at the FHM
- President and board member of health and medical committees
- Awarded the Innovation and Prevention Prize (SfGU) 2025 and the QS24 Prize 2022
- Operator of a micronutrient database with > 60,000 cases
- Book: Micronutrients – Milestones in Health Medicine (2021)
- Book: Performance Explosion in Sports (2010)
- Book: Top Performance in Business and Sport (2014)
- Technical article: The influence of individualized micronutrient therapy with special consideration of the biomarker a-MMP8 and bioenergetic parameters in dental and sports medicine (2022)
- Interview: “How important is magnesium for athletes?” (VitaminExpress, 2025)
- Lectures: International medical and sports conferences in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other countries
- Micronutrient diagnostics & therapy
- Sports nutrition & performance optimization
- Regulatory medicine & prevention
- Training and exercise science
- Integrative health concepts
