Frantz Kruger

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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.

He was married to Finnish former triple jumper Heli Koivula Kruger (divorced 2016), and received Finnish citizenship in 2007. 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.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing South Africa
1994	African Junior Championships	Algiers, Algeria	1st	Shot put	14.17 m
			1st	Discus throw	55.86 m
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	Discus throw	58.22 m
1997	Universiade	Catania, Italy	6th	Discus throw	61.64 m
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	1st	Discus throw	62.17 m
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2nd	Discus throw	63.93 m
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	1st	Discus throw	66.90 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	17th (q)	Discus throw	62.02 m
	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	1st	Discus throw	61.02 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	3rd	Discus throw	68.19 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	8th	Discus throw	65.27 m
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	1st	Discus throw	67.84 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	1st	Discus throw	66.39 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	6th	Discus throw	65.26 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th	Discus throw	60.05 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	5th	Discus throw	64.34 m
	African Championships	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	1st	Discus throw	63.85 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8th	Discus throw	59.65 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	Discus throw	64.23 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	5th	Discus throw	63.19 m
Representing Finland
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	19th (q)	Discus throw	60.72 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	11th	Discus throw	61.98 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	12th	Discus throw	59.77 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	19th (q)	Discus throw	59.55 m

See also

• List of eligibility transfers in athletics

External links

• Frantz Kruger at World Athletics
• Frantz Kruger at Olympics.com