Nationality South African Role Olympic athlete Name Jacques Freitag | Coached by Martin Marx Weight 83 kg Height 2.04 m | |
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Born 11 June 1982 (Age 37) ( 1982-06-11 ) Warrenton, Northern Cape Province Personal best(s) High jump: 2.38 (Oudtshoorn 2005) | ||
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Jacques Freitag (born 11 June 1982) is a South African high jumper. He is one of only nine athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, Jana Pittman, Dani Samuels, and David Storl) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.
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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.
Jacques Freitag - 2008
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Education
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.
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