Frantz Kruger

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Bronze Sydney 2000 Discus

Frantz Kruger (born May 22, 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]

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

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Extra
1994 World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 1st
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2nd
African Championships Dakar, Senegal 1st
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 1st
Universiade Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1st
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 3rd
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 8th
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, England 1st
2003 World Championships Paris, France 6th
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 7th
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 5th
African Championships Brazzaville, Congo 1st
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 8th
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 5th

[edit] References

  1. ^ Area Outdoor Records - Men - Africa - IAAF.org
  2. ^ http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/uutinen.asp?id=1384799 (in Finnish)
  3. ^ Helsingin Sanomat: Frantz Kruger SE-vireessä: 69,97 metriä (in Finnish)
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