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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Jacques Freitag

Personal information
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)
Sport
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)
Medal record Men’s Athletics Representing  South Africa World Championships 2003 Paris High jump World Junior Championships 2000 Santiago High jump World Youth Championships 1999 Bydgoszcz High jump

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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.

• 2003 University of Pretoria Sportsman of the year^[1]

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.