| Jacques Freitag | |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Birth Date: | 11 June 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Warrenton, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Death Place: | Pretoria West, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Height: | 2.04m (06.69feet) |
| Weight: | 83kg (183lb) |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | High jump |
| Pb: | High jump: 2.38 (Oudtshoorn 2005) |
Jacques Freitag (11 June 1982 –) 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 championships at the youth, junior, and senior level 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 dead in July 2024, two weeks after going missing, at the age of 42.[1] [2] His case is being considered a murder.[3]
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | World Youth Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 2.16 m |
| All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | 4th | 2.20 m | ||
| 2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 2.24 m |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 23rd (q) | 2.15 m | |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 2.35 m |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 20th (q) | 2.20 m | |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 18th (q) | 2.20 m | |
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.