Jacques Freitag
South African high jumper / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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Nationality | South African |
Born | (1982-06-11) 11 June 1982 (age 41) Warrenton, Cape Province |
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 |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | High jump: 2.38 (Oudtshoorn 2005) |
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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.