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| Born | 23 December 1949 Langewiesen, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Wacker Burghausen, Burghausen (GER) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lutz Stoklasa (born 23 December 1949) is a German former swimmer. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1]
As of 2021, he is a general practitioner in Wyk auf Föhr. [2]
From 1966 to 1975, Stoklasa won eight West German championships: [3]
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