Lars Detlef Kleppich (born 9 August 1967 in

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) is a former

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from Australia, who competed in three

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for his native country, starting in 1992. He won the bronze medal in the Men's Lechner Sailboard Class in

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, Spain (1992). He was an

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scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics

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* * * 1967 births Australian male sailors (sport) Australian windsurfers Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Lechner A-390 Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Olympic sailors of Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Sportspeople from Sydney Living people Olympic medalists in sailing Australian Institute of Sport sailors Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Australian people {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub