Frantz Kruger

Frantz Kruger 2010

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.

He is married to Finnish former triple jumper Heli Koivula Kruger, and received Finnish citizenship in 2007. 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.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing South Africa
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	58.22 m
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	66.90 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	3rd	68.19 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	8th	65.27 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	1st	66.39 m
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
Representing Finland
2008	Finnish Championships	Tampere, Finland	1st	61.59 m

See also

• List of eligibility transfers in athletics

References

• IAAF profile for Frantz Kruger