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Born | Razboj Ljevčanski, Srbac FPR Yugoslavia | 24 July 1946
Tanasije Kuvalja (born 24 July 1946) is a Yugoslav former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [1] He is also a former auto racing driver who competed in the Serbia Touring Car Championship, winning it twice driving a BMW 320i. [2]
He also competed in a round of the European Super Touring Cup at MobiKrog in Slovenia in 2000. However, both Kuvalja and Slovene driver Mišel Zupančič failed to start the race.
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