Heli Koivula-Kruger
Appearance
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Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
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European Championships | ||
2002 Munich | Triple jump |
Heli Maarit Kruger (née Koivula,[1] formerly Koivula-Kruger;[2] born 27 June 1975) is a Finnish former track and field athlete. She was born in Kauhajoki and represented Kauhajoen Karhu throughout her career. She lives in Vaasa. Her main athletic events were the triple jump and the long jump. She won the silver medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in triple jump, with a wind assisted result of 14.83 metres. She held the Finnish record in triple jump, clearing 14.39 metres, from 2003 to 2021. She was married to discus thrower Frantz Kruger.
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Finland | |||||
1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 4th | Long jump | 6.14 m (wind: -0.5 m/s) |
1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 2nd | Long jump | 6.64 m w (wind: +3.2 m/s) |
1997 | European U23 Championships | Turku, Finland | 4th | Long jump | 6.33 m (wind: -0.5 m/s) |
3rd | Triple jump | 13.88 m (wind: +0.6 m/s) | |||
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 2nd | Triple jump | 14.83 w |
References
[edit]- ^ "Heli Koivula-Kruger" (in Finnish). MTV (Finnish company) . 20 August 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Heli Kruger" (in Finnish). Otava. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Heli Koivula-Kruger at World Athletics
- Heli Koivula-Kruger at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- European Championships (Women) at gbrolympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived July 11, 2011)
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Kauhajoki
- Sportspeople from Vaasa
- Finnish female long jumpers
- Finnish female triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Finland
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- 20th-century Finnish sportswomen
- 21st-century Finnish women
- Finnish athletics biography stubs