Jörg Freimuth

{{short description|East German high jumper}}

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Jörg Freimuth (born 10 September 1961 in Rathenow, Bezirk Potsdam) is a retired East German high jumper.

He won the bronze medal for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union with a jump of 2.31 metres. He retired in 1982 and started working as an electrician.

Jörg is the twin brother of decathlete Uwe Freimuth and the uncle of decathlete Rico Freimuth.{{cite web |url=http://lawm.sportschau.de/peking2015/sportler/Sportlerportraet-Rico-Freimuth,ricofreimuth100.html |title=Rico Freimuth im Porträt |author= |date=21 July 2017 |language=German |trans-title=Rico Freimuth in portrait |website=Sportschau |access-date=12 August 2017 |archive-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801050838/https://lawm.sportschau.de/peking2015/sportler/Sportlerportraet-Rico-Freimuth,ricofreimuth100.html |url-status=dead }}