Jacques Freitag (born 11 June 1982) is a South African high jumper. He is one of only ten athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, Jana Pittman, Dani Samuels, David Storl and Faith Kipyegon) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.
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Born | Warrenton, Cape Province | 11 June 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Rentmeester-Tuks AC, Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Martin Marx, Jonathan Greyvensteyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | High jump: 2.38 (Oudtshoorn 2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
editYear | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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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
edit- 2003 University of Pretoria Sportsman of the year[1]
Education
editHe was in Hoërskool Erasmus in Bronkhorstspruit, then he attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), South Africa's only Afrikaans medium boys' high school, located in Pretoria.
References
edit- ^ "2003 > University of Pretoria". Web.up.ac.za. 14 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
External links
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