Jacques Freitag

Jacques Freitag

Personal information
Nationality	South African
Born	(1982-06-11) 11 June 1982 Warrenton, Northern Cape Province
Height	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	83 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	High jump
Club	Rentmeester-Tuks AC, Pretoria
Coached by	Martin Marx
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump: 2.38 (Oudtshoorn 2005)
Medal record Men’s Athletics Competitor for South Africa World Championships Gold 2003 Paris High jump World Junior Championships Gold 2000 Santiago High jump World Youth Championships Gold 1999 Bydgoszcz High jump

Jacques Freitag (born 11 June 1982) is a South African high jumper. He is one of only eight athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Yelena Isinbayeva, Jana Pittman, Dani Samuels, and David Storl) 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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing South Africa
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	2.16 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

• 2003 University of Pretoria Sportsman of the year

Education

He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a popular and renowned public school located in Pretoria.

External links

• IAAF profile for Jacques Freitag

Achievements
Preceded by Vyacheslav Voronin	Men's High Jump Best Year Performance 2002	Succeeded by Aleksander Walerianczyk
Preceded by Stefan Holm	Men's High Jump Best Year Performance alongside Andriy Sokolovskyy 2005	Succeeded by Andrey Silnov