JACQUES Freitag, former South African former high jump world champion has been found dead with gunshot wounds having been missing for two weeks.
According to Netwerk24, Freitag, 42, was found in the grass near a cemetery in Pretoria West, South Africa, and police are treating the case as murder.
He was reported missing after he was last seen leaving his mother’s house with an unknown man late on 17 June 2024.
Freitag won world championships at youth, junior, and senior levels. He took gold in the high jump at the 2003 World Championships in Paris.
He jumped a personal best 2.38 metres in 2005.
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