Alex Kruger
British athlete
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Full name | Alexander Eaton Kruger |
Nationality | English |
Born | (1963-11-18) 18 November 1963 (age 60) Öhringen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
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Sport | Athletics |
Alexander Eaton "Alex" Kruger (born 18 November 1963 in Öhringen, Baden-Württemberg) is a retired male decathlete from England, who was born in West Germany.
Athletics career
He twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics (1988 and 1996). Kruger set his personal best (8,131 points) in the men's decathlon in 1995. He represented England placing fourth at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand[1][2] and four years later represented England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[3][4][5]
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra |
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1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 24th | [6] |
1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 4th | |
European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 20th | ||
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 19th | |
1994 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 7th | Decathlon |
Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 7th | ||
1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 5th | |
Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 9th | Decathlon | |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th | ||
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | DNF | [6] |
References
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alex Kruger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
External links
- Alex Kruger at Team GB
- Alex Kruger at Olympedia
- Alexander Eaton Kruger at Olympics.com
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UK Athletics Championships winners in men's high jump
- 1977: Mike Butterfield
- 1978: Mark Naylor
- 1979: Brian Burgess
- 1980: Mark Naylor
- 1981: Brian Burgess
- 1982: Trevor Llewelyn
- 1983: Mark Lakey
- 1984: Alex Kruger
- 1985-86: Geoff Parsons
- 1987: Floyd Manderson
- 1988: Geoff Parsons
- 1989: Steve Chapman
- 1990-91: Dalton Grant
- 1992: Brendan Reilly
- 1993: Dalton Grant
- 1997: Brendan Reilly
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