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Jacques Freitag

1982 - 2024

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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 championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event. Freitag grew up in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng (50 km east of Pretoria). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Freitag has received more than 120,739 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jacques Freitag is the 5,197th most popular athlete (down from 4,053rd in 2019), the 397th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 343rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular South African Athlete.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jacques Freitag ranks 5,197 out of 6,025. Before her are Marten Van Riel, Marit Bouwmeester, Mickaël Mawem, Ayanleh Souleiman, Yelena Sokolova, and Fabian Drzyzga. After her are Dušan Mandić, Nassima Saifi, Taylor Averill, DeeDee Trotter, Erik Vlček, and Paul Chelimo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Jacques Freitag ranks 1,141. Before her are Yutaka Tahara, Wojciech Łobodziński, Mason Ewing, Marco Di Meco, David Cook, and Momo. After her are DeeDee Trotter, Sabatina James, Cynthia Olavarría, Ira Brown, Maya Petrova, and Juanma Ortiz. Among people deceased in 2024, Jacques Freitag ranks 507. Before her are Landry N'Guémo, Aigars Fadejevs, David Wilkie, Xu Chao, Kevin Campbell, and Chance Perdomo. After her are George Baldock, Johnny Gaudreau, Darius Morris, Matija Sarkic, and Luke Fleurs.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Jacques Freitag ranks 397 out of 454. Before her are Jacques Kallis (1975), Shu-Aib Walters (1981), Ryan Cox (1979), Sunette Viljoen (1983), J. R. Rotem (1975), and Senzo Meyiwa (1984). After her are Thuso Mbedu (1991), Shannon Kook (1987), Lloyd Harris (1997), Elrio van Heerden (1983), Itumeleng Khune (1987), and Adam Rose (1979).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Jacques Freitag ranks 37. Before her are Raúl Martínez (null), Nicholas Martinez (null), Okkert Brits (1973), Rory Sabbatini (1976), Luvo Manyonga (1991), and Sunette Viljoen (1983). After her are L. J. van Zyl (1985), James Thompson (1986), Zane Weir (1995), Hezekiél Sepeng (1974), Akani Simbine (1993), and Anaso Jobodwana (1992).

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