Jacques Freitag

{{Short description|South African high jumper (1982–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

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| name = Jacques Freitag

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| nationality = South African

| country = South Africa

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1982|06|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Warrenton, Cape Province, South Africa

| death_date = {{c.|{{Death date and age|2024|07|01|1982|06|11|df=y}}}}

| death_place = Pretoria West, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

| height = {{convert|2.04|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|83|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| sport = Track and field

| event = High jump

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| pb = High jump: 2.39 (Paris 2003)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{RSA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2003 Paris|High jump}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2000 Santiago|High jump}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Youth Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1999 Bydgoszcz|High jump}}

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Jacques Freitag (11 June 1982 – {{c.|1 July 2024}}) 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 Championship titles at the youth, junior, and senior levels 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, and murdered in July 2024, two weeks after going missing, at the age of 42.[https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/south-africa-world-champion-jacques-freitag-missing/ar-BB1p0qiC South Africa world champion Jacques Freitag missing] MSN{{Cite web |title=Ex-world high jump champion shot dead with body found dumped in field - The Mirror US |url=https://www.themirror.com/sport/other-sport/jacques-freitag-shot-dead-missing-569107 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=www.themirror.com|date=2 July 2024 }}{{Cite web |title=Body of Former Olympian and High Jump World Champion Discovered in Field After Suspected Shooting |url=https://people.com/body-former-olympian-discovered-after-suspected-shooting-8673879 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}