Jacques Freitag

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.

Jacques Freitag
Personal information
Nationality South African
Born (1982-06-11) 11 June 1982
Warrenton, Northern Cape Province
Height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)High jump
ClubRentmeester-Tuks AC, Pretoria
Coached byMartin Marx, Jonathan Greyvensteyn
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)High jump: 2.38 (Oudtshoorn 2005)
Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Representing  South Africa
World Championships
2003 ParisHigh jump
World Junior Championships
2000 SantiagoHigh jump
World Youth Championships
1999 BydgoszczHigh jump

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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
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

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
  1. "2003 > University of Pretoria". Web.up.ac.za. 14 January 2010.


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