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 (183 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	High jump
Club	Rentmeester-Tuks AC, Pretoria
Coached by	Martin Marx
Achievements and titles
Personal best	High jump: 2.38 (Oudtshoorn 2005)
Medal record Men’s Athletics Representing South Africa World Championships 2003 Paris High jump World Junior Championships 2000 Santiago High jump World Youth Championships 1999 Bydgoszcz High jump

Jacques Freitag (born 11 June 1982) is a South African high jumper. He is one of only nine athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, 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
	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

• 2003 University of Pretoria Sportsman of the year

Education

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.

External links

• Jacques Freitag at World Athletics