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Revision as of 07:11, 15 August 2021
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| Nationality |  South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 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
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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 |
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| Representing South Africa
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| 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[1]
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.
References
- ^ "2003 > University of Pretoria". Web.up.ac.za. 14 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
External links
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World U20 Champions in men's high jump | |
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Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Afrikaner people
- South African male high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of South Africa
- University of Pretoria alumni
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games
- African Games competitors for South Africa
- South African athletics biography stubs