Lutz Wanja

Lutz Wanja (born 6 June 1956) is a retired German backstroke swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships. He also won three medals at LEN European Aquatics Championships in 1974 and 1977.[1] He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke with the best achievement of fifth place in the 100 m backstroke in 1976.[2]

Lutz Wanja

Lutz Wanja (front) in 1977
Personal information
Born	(1956-06-06)6 June 1956 Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	ASK Vorwärts Rostock
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  East Germany World Championships 1973 Belgrade 100 m backstroke European Championships 1974 Vienna 100 m backstroke 1977 Jönköping 4×100 m medley 1974 Vienna 4×100 m freestyle

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 anabolic steroid Oral-Turinabol.[3][4]

His wife, Barbara Krause, is a German former Olympic swimmer.[2] Their son, Robert Wanja (born ca. 1983), is also a competitive backstroke swimmer.[5]

References

1. Lutz WANJA. les-sports.info
2. Lutz Wanja. sports-reference.com
3. Matthias Krause (2 September 2012). Zeitiges Ende eines Arbeitstages. Berliner Zeitung
4. Matthias Krause (2 September 2012). Das Ende der Ausreden naht. Berliner Zeitung
5. Auf dem Rücken durchs Becken Robert Wanja ist nicht nur deutscher Jahrgangsmeister. maerkischeallgemeine.de (10 February 2003).