# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frantz-kruger
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:16:39.405Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frantz-kruger"
name: "Frantz Kruger"
slug: "frantz-kruger"
description: "Frantz Kruger 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."
tagline: "Athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frantz-Kruger-2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1975-05-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.03
  momentum:             1.526104417670683
  historical:           15.94366533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "弗朗茨·克鲁格"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانتس كروغر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانتس كروجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Kruger"
    title: "Frantz Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Kruger"
    title: "Frantz Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Kruger"
    title: "Frantz Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Kruger"
    title: "Frantz Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "فرانتز کروگر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Kruger"
    title: "Frantz Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Kruger"
    title: "Frantz Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Kruger"
    title: "Frantz Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Kruger"
    title: "Frantz Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Kruger"
    title: "Frantz Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Kruger"
    title: "Frantz Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Kruger"
    title: "Frantz Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Kruger"
    title: "Frantz Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8E%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86_(%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82)"
    title: "Крюгер, Франц (легкоатлет)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Frantz Kruger"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump