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Bald Olympians by Tyler on 08 Aug, 2008 21:39
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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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#1 by Paul on 08 Aug, 2008 22:06
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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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#2 by GASlick on 08 Aug, 2008 22:45
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There were quite a few weren't there Paul. I noticed that myself.
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#3 by Tyler on 08 Aug, 2008 23:13
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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.
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#4 by Bensen on 09 Aug, 2008 05:38
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/PJdP5FmezsU&hl=de&fs=1"" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/PJdP5FmezsU&hl=de&fs=1"</a> -
#5 by BALDANDRE on 09 Aug, 2008 10:43
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Tough look on a tough dude!
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#6 by Tyler on 11 Aug, 2008 18:02
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I just posted a link to Phil Dalhausser in the blog - http://www.slybaldguys.com/serendipity/archives/205-Bald-Olympians-Phil-Dalhausser.html
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#7 by Robmeister on 12 Aug, 2008 06:54
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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..