[3] Kruger was born healthy in 2000, but in 2006 she fell from a wall, breaking several bones in her left arm.

She then started with modern pentathlon (a sport where you compete in running, swimming, fencing, shooting and horseback riding).

She had to return to the hospital and there they discovered that the epiphysis of the radius was so damaged during her fall, that one bone was no longer growing.

Until she stops growing she has to have regular check-ups at the Erasmus hospital in Rotterdam to see if there is a need for emergency surgery because of the imbalance.

Lisa Kruger made her international debut at the IPC World Championships in 2015.