Frantz Kruger
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing South Africa
Olympic Games
Sydney 2000 · Discus
African Championships
2004 Brazzaville · Discus throw
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 , Italy6th 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 , Australia1st 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 , Greece5th 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
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