Jacques Freitag
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Jacques Freitag a South Africa
n high jump
er. He grew up in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng
(50km east of Pretoria
). He is 2.04 m and weighs 87 kg. His mother, Hendrina Pieters, was in 1973 a South African high jump champion with PB 1.74m. Freitag is the first athlete to win gold medals at the IAAF Senior (2003), Junior (2000) and Youth Championships (1999). Has a personal best of 2.38 m set in Oudtshoorn, South Africa 2005.
Manager: Peet van Zyl.
Coach: Martin Marx (coach of Hestrie Cloete
)
Club: Rentmeester-Tuks AC, Pretoria.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
er. He grew up in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng
Bronkhorstspruit is a small farming town 50km east of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa along the N4 highway towards Witbank. It lies on the border between the Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces....
(50km east of Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
). He is 2.04 m and weighs 87 kg. His mother, Hendrina Pieters, was in 1973 a South African high jump champion with PB 1.74m. Freitag is the first athlete to win gold medals at the IAAF Senior (2003), Junior (2000) and Youth Championships (1999). Has a personal best of 2.38 m set in Oudtshoorn, South Africa 2005.
Manager: Peet van Zyl.
Coach: Martin Marx (coach of Hestrie Cloete
Hestrie Cloete
Hestrie Cloete-Storbeck is a former, highly successful South African high jumper. Her foremost achievements were winning two world championships and two silver medals at Olympic Games.-Career:...
)
Club: Rentmeester-Tuks AC, Pretoria.
Medals
- 2003 World Championships in Athletics2003 World Championships in AthleticsThe 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Track:...
- Gold medal - 1999 World Junior Championships in Athletics - Gold Medal
- 1998 World Youth Championships in Athletics - Gold Medal