Lars Detlef Kleppich (born 9 August 1967 in

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) is a

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from Australia, who competed in three

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for his native country, starting in 1992. He won the bronze medal in the Men's Lechner Sailboard Class in

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, Spain (1992). In 2023 he was the overall champion at the Windsurfer Class Worlds Championships held in Perth, Western Australia. He was an

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scholarship holder.

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* * * * 1967 births Living people Australian windsurfers Australian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Lechner A-390 Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sailors (sport) from Sydney Australian Institute of Sport sailors 20th-century Australian sportsmen Sportsmen from New South Wales {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub