Jacques Freitag
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | South African |
| Born | 11 June 1982 Warrenton, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Died | c. 1 July 2024 (aged 42) Pretoria West, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Height | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | High jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | High jump: 2.39 (Paris 2003) |
Medal record | |
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.