Jörg Freimuth

East German high jumper

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Jörg Freimuth

Personal information

Born

10 September 1961

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
	1980 Moscow	High jump

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.^[1]