Tiffany Kruger

Tiffany Kruger
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Born (1987-07-18) 18 July 1987 (age 37)
Durban, South Africa
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportCanoeing
EventSprint canoe
ClubNatal Canoe Club[1]
Coached byAttila Adrovicz[1]

Tiffany Kruger (born July 18, 1987 in Durban) is a South African sprint canoeist.[1][2] Kruger is a member of Natal Canoe Club in Pietermaritzburg, and is coached and trained by former Olympic silver medalist Attila Adrovicz of Hungary (1992).[3][4]

Kruger represented South Africa at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the first ever women's K-1 200 metres. She paddled in the third heat against six other canoeists, including former Olympic champion Inna Osypenko of Ukraine. Kruger, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she finished seventh in her heat by nearly three seconds behind Slovakia's Ivana Kmeťová, with a time of 46.122 seconds.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tiffany Kruger". London 2012. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tiffany Kruger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  3. ^ "SA canoeists target Olympic podium". South Africa Info. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  4. ^ Etheridge, Mark (26 May 2012). "Tiffany's waiting game". Road to Rio 2016. SASCOC. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's Kayak Single (K1) 200m Heat 3". London 2012. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Kruger fails to make canoe semi". The Citizen (South Africa). 26 May 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.


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