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Encyclopedia > Frantz Kruger
Men's Athletics
Bronze 2000 Discus

Frantz Kruger (born May 22, 1975 in Kempton Park, South Africa) is a discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000. He is also a double African champion. His personal best throw, set in 2002, is 70.32 metres. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... Template:AthleticsAtThe2000SummerOlympics Medal summary Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics events | Athletics at the Olympics | 2000 Summer Olympics ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Kempton Park is a town on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa. ... The discus throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event. ... Template:AthleticsAtThe2000SummerOlympics Medal summary Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics events | Athletics at the Olympics | 2000 Summer Olympics ...


He is married to Finnish triple jumper Heli Koivula Kruger. The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ...


Major achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Extra
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2nd
African Championships Dakar, Senegal 1st
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 1st
2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 3rd
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, England 1st
2004 African Championships Brazzaville, Congo 1st

1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 11 to September 21 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for 20th Century. ... Mayor Datuk Ruslin Hasan District Kuala Lumpur District Area  - Total (City) 243. ... (City of Dakar, divided into 19 communes darrondissement) City proper (commune) Région Dakar Département Dakar Mayor Pape Diop (PDS) (since 2002) Area 82. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... City motto: Unity in Development Province Gauteng Mayor Amos Masondo Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Template:AthleticsAtThe2000SummerOlympics Medal summary Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics events | Athletics at the Olympics | 2000 Summer Olympics ... This is about the city of Sydney in Australia. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from July 25 to August 4. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image of Kinshasa and Brazzaville, taken by NASA. Brazzaville (population 600,000) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo and is located on the Congo River. ...

External links

  • IAAF profile for Frantz Kruger

  Results from FactBites:
 
sport.iafrica.com | olympics | profiles Kruger brings home a medal for SA (295 words)
Frantz Kruger has exceeded all expectations by winning the bronze medal for South Africa in the discus at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Kruger has been competing on the European circuit with the likes of Lars Riedel, the world record holder and defending Olympic champion, for a few years now.
Kruger was the world junior champion in 1994, the world student champion in 1999 and also a Commonwealth silver medallist in 1998.
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