Freddy Krueger
Personal information
Full nameFrederick August Krueger IV
NicknameThe Nightmare
Born (1975-05-03) May 3, 1975
Decatur, Illinois
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
SpouseKaren Truelove
Sport
Country United States
SportWaterskiing
Event(s)Jump, Ski Fly

Freddy Krueger[1] (born May 3, 1975) is professional water ski jumper. Krueger is a 8-time World Record Holder, 5-time World Champion, and 14-time Masters Champion. He currently holds the World Ski Flying record at 312 feet.[2]

Notable accomplishments

World records

World Records
226' 68.7 m June 20, 1999 Austin Aquaplex Austin, TX
233' 71.0 m July 21, 2002 Bell Acqua Sacramento, CA
236' 72.0 m May 22, 2005 Sunset Lakes Groveland, FL
238' 72.5 m May 29, 2005 Robin Lake Pine Mountain, GA
240' 73 m Lake Grew Polk City, FL
243' 74.2 m November 5, 2006 McCormick's Seffner, FL
247' 75.2 m November 2, 2008 McCormick's Seffner, FL
250' 76.2 m May 1, 2014 Isles of Lee Hancock Winter Garden, FL

Major titles

Major Jump Titles
World Championship Titles 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
Pro Tour Titles 2001
Masters Titles 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021
Moomba Masters Titles 2004, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015 2017 2019, 2020
U.S. Open Titles 1999, 2021

Masters

  • 1999 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2000 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2001 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2005 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2006 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2007 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2008 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2009 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2010 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2011 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2013 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2016 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2018 Masters Jump Champion[2]
  • 2021 Masters Jump Champion[2]

World championships

  • 2001 World Jump Runner-up[2]
  • 2003 World Jump Champion
  • 2007 World Jump Champion
  • 2009 World Jump Champion
  • 2011 World Jump Champion
  • 2013 World Jump Champion

Nationals

  • 2021 National Jump Champion[2]
  • 2020 National Jump Champion[2]
  • 2019 National Jump Champion[2]
  • 2018 National Jump Champion[2]
  • 2014 National Jump Champion[2]
  • 2013 National Jump Champion[2]
  • 2011 National Jump Champion[2]
  • 2010 National Jump Champion[2]
  • 2008 National Jump Champion[2]
  • 2001 National Jump Champion[2]
  • 2000 National Jump Champion[2]
  • 1995 National Jump Champion[2]
  • 1995 National Overall Champion[2]
  • 1994 National Trick Runner-up[2]
  • 1994 National Jump Runner-up[2]
  • 1994 National Overall Champion[2]

Other tournaments

  • 2010 Global Invitational – Men's Jumping Champion[3]


See also

References

  1. Reid, Tony (August 1, 2015). "Decatur native Freddy Krueger going for water ski world record". Herald & Review.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "Freddy Krueger". usawaterski.org. USA Waterski. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  3. "Freddy Krueger". teamusa.org. Team USA. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved October 30, 2010.


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