# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lutz-wanja
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:55:54.261Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lutz-wanja"
name: "Lutz Wanja"
slug: "lutz-wanja"
description: "Lutz Wanja 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. 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."
tagline: "East German swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lutz_Wanja_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1956-06-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.17
  momentum:             25
  historical:           7.41188
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D1%86_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F"
    title: "Луц Ваня"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz_Wanja"
    title: "Lutz Wanja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz_Wanja"
    title: "Lutz Wanja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz_Wanja"
    title: "Lutz Wanja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz_Wanja"
    title: "Lutz Wanja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz_Wanja"
    title: "Lutz Wanja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz_Wanja"
    title: "Lutz Wanja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8%EC%B8%A0_%EB%B0%94%EB%83%90"
    title: "루츠 바냐"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q833461"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump