Frantz Kruger

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Frantz Kruger
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Sydney 2000 Discus
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Brazzaville Discus throw
Frantz Kruger 2010 Frantz-Kruger-2010.jpg
Frantz Kruger 2010

Frantz Kruger (born 22 May 1975 in Kempton Park, South Africa) is a South African born Finnish discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000. He is also a double African champion. His personal best throw of 70.32 metres, achieved in May 2002 in Salon-de-Provence, is the current African record. [1]

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He was married to Finnish former triple jumper Heli Koivula-Kruger (divorced 2016), and received Finnish citizenship in 2007. [2] Kruger has been available to represent Finland by a special permit from the government of IAAF since 20 August 2007. In international discus competition at Helsingborg, he set a new Finnish discus record, 69.97 metres. [3]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1994 African Junior Championships Algiers, Algeria 1stShot put14.17 m
1stDiscus throw55.86 m
World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 1stDiscus throw 58.22 m
1997 Universiade Catania, Italy6thDiscus throw 61.64 m
1998 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 1stDiscus throw62.17 m
Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2ndDiscus throw 63.93 m
1999 Universiade Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1stDiscus throw 66.90 m
World Championships Seville, Spain 17th (q)Discus throw 62.02 m
All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 1stDiscus throw 61.02 m
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 3rdDiscus throw 68.19 m
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 8thDiscus throw 65.27 m
Goodwill Games Brisbane, Australia1stDiscus throw 67.84 m
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 1stDiscus throw 66.39 m
2003 World Championships Paris, France 6thDiscus throw 65.26 m
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 7thDiscus throw60.05 m
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece5thDiscus throw 64.34 m
African Championships Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 1stDiscus throw 63.85 m
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 8thDiscus throw59.65 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6thDiscus throw 64.23 m
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco5thDiscus throw63.19 m
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 19th (q)Discus throw 60.72 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 11thDiscus throw 61.98 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 12thDiscus throw 59.77 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 19th (q)Discus throw 59.55 m

See also

References

  1. ↑ Area Outdoor Records - Men - Africa - IAAF.org
  2. ↑ "Frantz Kruger sai Suomen kansalaisuuden" (in Finnish). 13 June 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Jarmo Färdig (16 September 2007). "Helsingin Sanomat: Frantz Kruger SE-vireessä: 69,97 metriä" (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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