Jacques Freitag (11 June 1982 – c. 1 July 2024) was a South African high jumper. Freitag is one of only eleven athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Armand Duplantis, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, Faith Kipyegon, Jana Pittman, Dani Samuels, and David Storl) to win World Championship titles at the youth, junior, and senior levels of an athletic event.

Freitag grew up in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng (50 km east of Pretoria). His mother, Hendrina Pieters, was South African high jump champion in 1973 with a personal best of 1.74 metres.

Freitag was found shot, and murdered in July 2024, two weeks after going missing, at the age of 42.[1][2][3]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
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 Hoërskool Erasmus in Bronkhorstspruit, then he attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), located in Pretoria.

See also

References

  1. ^ South Africa world champion Jacques Freitag missing MSN
  2. ^ "Ex-world high jump champion shot dead with body found dumped in field - The Mirror US". www.themirror.com. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Body of Former Olympian and High Jump World Champion Discovered in Field After Suspected Shooting". Peoplemag. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. ^ "2003 > University of Pretoria". Web.up.ac.za. 14 January 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012.
Achievements
Preceded by Men's High Jump Best Year Performance
2002 		Succeeded by


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Freitag
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