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Jacques Freitag
Personal information
Nationality	South African
Born	11 June 1982 (age 41); Warrenton, Cape Province
Height	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	High jump
Club	Rentmeester-Tuks AC, Pretoria
Coached by	Martin Marx, Jonathan Greyvensteyn
Achievements and titles
Personal best	High jump: 2.38 (Oudtshoorn 2005)
Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Representing South Africa
World Championships
World Junior Championships
World Youth Championships

Jacques Freitag (born 11 June 1982) is a South African high jumper. He is one of only ten athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, Jana Pittman, Dani Samuels, David Storl and Faith Kipyegon) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.

Freitag grew up in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng (50 km east of Pretoria). His mother, Hendrina Pieters, was in 1973 a South African high jump champion with a personal best of 1.74 metres.

Competition record edit

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing South Africa
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	2.16 m
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	4th	2.20 m
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	1st	2.24 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	23rd (q)	2.15 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	1st	2.35 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	20th (q)	2.20 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	18th (q)	2.20 m

Awards edit

2003 University of Pretoria Sportsman of the year^[1]

Education edit

He was in Erasmus hoërskool in Bronkhorstspruit then he attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a public school located in Pretoria.