| Medal record | ||
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| Men’s Athletics | ||
| Competitor for South Africa | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2003 Paris | High jump |
Jacques Freitag (born 11 June 1982 in Warrenton, Northern Cape Province) a South African high jumper. He grew up in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng (50km east of Pretoria). He is 2.04 m and weighs 87 kg. His mother, Hendrina Pieters, was in 1973 a South African high jump champion with PB 1.74m. Freitag is the first athlete to win gold medals at the IAAF Senior (2003), Junior (2000) and Youth Championships (1999). Has a personal best of 2.38 m set in Oudtshoorn, South Africa 2005.
Manager: Peet van Zyl.
Coach: Martin Marx (coach of Hestrie Cloete)
Club: Rentmeester-Tuks AC, Pretoria.
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| 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 |
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