Tiffany Kruger

Tiffany Kruger
Personal information
Nationality  South Africa
Born (1987-07-18) 18 July 1987
Durban, South Africa
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport Canoeing
Event(s) Sprint canoe
Club Natal Canoe Club[1]
Coached by Attila Adrovicz[1]

Tiffany Kruger (born July 18, 1987 in Durban) is a South Africa 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. 1 2 3 "Tiffany Kruger". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. "Tiffany Kruger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  3. "SA canoeists target Olympic podium". South Africa Info. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  4. Etheridge, Mark (26 May 2012). "Tiffany's waiting game". Road to Rio 2016. SASCOC. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  5. "Women's Kayak Single (K1) 200m Heat 3". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  6. "Kruger fails to make canoe semi". The Citizen (South Africa). 26 May 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.


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