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Wawrinka in 2016, photo by Leonard Zhukovsky /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Stanislas Wawrinka
Place of Birth: Lausanne, Switzerland
Date of Birth: 28 March, 1985
Ethnicity: * father – Czech, Polish, possibly German * mother – Swiss
Stan Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player.
He was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, to a German father, Wolfram Wawrinka, and a Swiss mother, Isabelle, from Lausanne in Vaud. When asked about his origins, Stan has stated :
Actually, I have a double passport, Swiss-German, but I am Swiss, and I have always felt good in my country. My mother’s Swiss and my dad’s German, given his origins are Czech. It happens that Wawrinka’s a Polish name because I had a great grandfather who was living on the border between Poland & Czechoslovakia.
Actually, I have a double passport, Swiss-German, but I am Swiss, and I have always felt good in my country. My mother’s Swiss and my dad’s German, given his origins are Czech. It happens that Wawrinka’s a Polish name because I had a great grandfather who was living on the border between Poland & Czechoslovakia.
Stan holds German and Swiss citizenship.
He has a daughter with his former wife, Swiss television presenter and former fashion model Ilham Vuilloud.
Sources: http://www.telegraph.co.uk http://www.theweek.co.uk