KRUGER Simone

Date of Birth: 14 Jan 2005

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Sport Class: F38

Place of birth: PRETORIA

Birth Country:

South Africa

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Discus Throw - F38	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Standing - Standing Discus	Women's Discus Throw - F38 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
2	Discus Throw - F38	2019	Dubai, UAE	33.91

Netball, hockey, swimming, biathlon. (turkeclub.co.za, 01 Jan 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Languages spoken:

Afrikaans, English

IsAbility Sports Club [South Africa]

Lappies Swanepoel [national]

Sporting relatives:

Her father Andries has served as her coach. (paralympic.org, 28 Jul 2019)

She began practising shot put at age eight and started competing at age 10. She took up discus at age nine and entered her first competition at age 12. (turkeclub.co.za, 01 Jan 2018)

She was introduced to athletics by her older sister. "I started when my sister wanted to do discus and shot put in able-bodied sport. I am a few years younger than her but I did it with her and competed with her for fun. And then I started to enjoy it a lot and then began to do well." (paralympic.org, 28 Jul 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and to set a new world record and win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games. (paralympic.org, 28 Jul 2019)

General Interest

Classification
T38, F38 (IPC, 24 Feb 2021)

Impairment Details
She was diagnosed with hemiplegia at age 12. (mycomlink.co.za, 09 Nov 2019)

General
AGE CATEGORIES
In 2019 she represented South Africa at both the junior and senior editions of the world championships. "I do feel more confident going back to the juniors. It's nice to compete in both senior and junior [categories] but for me I compete against myself. I try not think about the other competitors much. If I do my best then that is good enough." (olympicchannel.com, 12 Nov 2019; insidethegames.biz, 03 Aug 2019; paralympic.org, 28 Jul 2019)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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