| Willy Voss | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 October 1952 Freiburg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Willy Voss (born 15 October 1952) is a German karateka. He won multiple medals in the European Karate Championships and Karate World Championships in Kumite. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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