Frantz_Kruger Knowpia

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]

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 edit

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing South Africa
1994	African Junior Championships	Algiers, Algeria	1st	Shot put	14.17 m
	African Junior Championships	Algiers, Algeria	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
1998	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
2001	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
2003	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
2005	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

References edit

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