Lutz Wanja (born 6 June 1956) is a retired German backstroke swimmer who won a bronze medal at the

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. He also won three medals at

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in 1974 and 1977. He competed at the

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and

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in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke with the best achievement of fifth place in the 100 m backstroke in 1976. After retirement, Wanja worked as a swimming coach and was involved in the East German doping program. In particular, Jörg Hoffmann admitted in 1988 that Wanja gave him the

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. His wife,

Barbara Krause Barbara Krause (later Wanja, born 7 July 1959 in East Berlin) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany. She was a three-time Olympic gold medalist and eight-time world record holder. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Krause won ...

, is a German former Olympic swimmer. Their son, Robert Wanja (born ca. 1983), is also a competitive backstroke swimmer.Auf dem Rücken durchs Becken Robert Wanja ist nicht nur deutscher Jahrgangsmeister
maerkischeallgemeine.de (10 February 2003).

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1956 births Living people German male swimmers Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of East Germany World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Brandenburg an der Havel 20th-century German people 21st-century German people {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub