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Offline Tyler

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Bald Olympians
« on: August 08, 2008, 09:39:17 PM »
A.G. Kruger is a Hammer Thrower for the USA Olympic team in Beijing.

Hereare his accomplishments to date:

He finished fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. In addition he competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final. Just qualified for the 2008 Olympics in the Men's Hammer Throw.

His personal best is 79.26 metres, achieved in August 2004 in Berea.

He is from the same home town, Sheldon, Iowa, as Olympic gold medalist and university of Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands. AG attended Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa where he was a Division II student-athlete in both football and track & field. AG is the youngest child of Al and Linda Kruger. AG married hiswife Laura in the fall of 2007.

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Re: Bald Olympians
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2008, 10:06:27 PM »
Yeah, saw a commercial he was featured in.  I just watched the parade of nations and saw quite a few sly athletes from a variety of nations. 
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Re: Bald Olympians
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2008, 10:45:30 PM »
There were quite a few weren't there Paul.  I noticed that myself.
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Re: Bald Olympians
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2008, 11:13:25 PM »
Quote from: Paul on August 08, 2008, 10:06:27 PM
Yeah, saw a commercial he was featured in.  I just watched the parade of nations and saw quite a few sly athletes from a variety of nations. 

Yeah, that's how I found out about his.   8)
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Re: Bald Olympians
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2008, 05:38:59 AM »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/PJdP5FmezsU&amp;hl=de&amp;fs=1&quot;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/PJdP5FmezsU&amp;hl=de&amp;fs=1&quot;</a>
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Re: Bald Olympians
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2008, 10:43:20 AM »
Tough look on a tough dude! O0
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Re: Bald Olympians
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2008, 06:02:21 PM »
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Re: Bald Olympians
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2008, 06:54:09 AM »
Hey, yeah....

this is our first SBG Olympiad....

We've discussed a couple football seasons, baseball, basketball, hockey......

But not the Olympics...

another milestone...fer shur..fer shur..
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