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]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | African Junior Championships | Algiers, Algeria | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 14.17 m |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 55.86 m | |||
| World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 58.22 m | |
| 1997 | Universiade | Catania, Italy | 6th | Discus throw | 61.64 m | |
| 1998 | African Championships | Dakar, Senegal | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 62.17 m |
| Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Discus throw | 63.93 m | |
| 1999 | Universiade | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 66.90 m |
| Seville, Spain | 17th (q) | Discus throw | 62.02 m | |||
| All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 61.02 m | |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 3rd | Discus throw | 68.19 m | |
| 2001 | Edmonton, Canada | 8th | Discus throw | 65.27 m | ||
| Brisbane, Australia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus throw | 67.84 m | ||
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | bgcolor=gold | 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 | |
| Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | bgcolor=gold | 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 | ||
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| 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 | |