{{short description|Australian windsurfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox sportsperson | full_name = Lars Detlef Kleppich | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|8|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales | height = 174 cm | weight = 69 kg | club = Dobroyd Sailing Club | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's sailing}} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1992 Barcelona | Lechner Sailboard}} }}

'''Lars Detlef Kleppich''' (born 9 August 1967 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a windsurfer from Australia, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. He won the bronze medal in the Men's Lechner Sailboard Class in Barcelona, Spain (1992). In 2023 he was the overall champion at the Windsurfer Class Worlds Championships held in Perth, Western Australia. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics |title=AIS at the Olympics |website=ausport.gov.au |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223207/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics |archive-date=6 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Lars Kleppich |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/lars-kleppich-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203110427/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/lars-kleppich-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{World Sailing|lars-kleppich|id=AUSLK1}} * {{AOC profile|lars-kleppich}} * {{Olympics.com profile|lars-kleppich|oc_archive=20200302134512|org_archive=20161016232001}} * {{Olympedia}}

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