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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

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

References

External links

• Frantz Kruger at World Athletics
• Frantz Kruger at the International Olympic Committee
• Frantz Kruger at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

На других языках

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- [en] Frantz Kruger

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[fr] Frantz Kruger

Frantz Kruger (né le 22 mai 1975 à Kempton Park, alors province du Transvaal) est un athlète finlandais, né sud-africain, spécialiste du lancer du disque. Il a remporté la médaille de bronze aux Jeux olympiques de 2000 et a été deux fois Champion d'Afrique. Son meilleur lancer est de 70,32 m à Salon-de-Provence. Il s'est marié à Heli Koivula, à une triple-sauteuse finlandaise et a obtenu la nationalité finlandaise en 2007. Il a battu le record de Finlande en 69,97 m à Helsingborg. Il se qualifie pour la finale des Championnats du monde à Berlin avec un lancer de 62,29 m et termine 12e.

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[it] Frantz Kruger

Frantz Kruger (Kempton Park, 22 maggio 1975) è un ex discobolo sudafricano naturalizzato finlandese.

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[ru] Крюгер, Франц (легкоатлет)

Франц Крюгер (англ. Frantz Kruger; род. 22 мая 1975[1], Кемптон-Парк, Гаутенг) — южноафриканский и финский легкоатлет, специалист по метанию диска. Выступал за сборные ЮАР (1994—2005) и Финляндии (2007—2010) по лёгкой атлетике, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр в Сиднее, чемпион Игр Содружества, двукратный чемпион Африки, чемпион Всеафриканских игр, чемпион Игр доброй воли, чемпион Универсиады, чемпион мира среди юниоров, многократный победитель и призёр первенств национального значения, действующий рекордсмен Африки и ЮАР в метании диска.

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