Wolfgang Wagner (born 6 August 1938) is a retired German backstroke swimmer who won two medals at

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in 1958 and 1962. He also competed at the

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(100 m backstroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay) and

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(200 m backstroke) with the best achievement of sixth place in the 100 m backstroke.

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1938 births German male swimmers Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics German male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for the United Team of Germany Living people European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Gera 20th-century German people 21st-century German people People from Bezirk Gera {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub