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

Wanja in 1977
Personal information
Born	(1956-06-06)6 June 1956 Brandenburg an der Havel, East 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]