Jörg Freimuth

Jörg Freimuth ( born September 10, 1961 in Rathenow ) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic medal winner.

He won - starting for the GDR - at the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 with a personal best of 2.31 meters the bronze medal in the high jump. At the European Indoor Championships 1981, he came in at number six. In the European Cup in 1981, he finished fourth at the World Cup in the same year a third party.

1981 and 1982 he was East German indoor champion in 1982 GDR champion in the high jump. After he finished his sports career.

Jörg Freimuth launched for the ASK Potsdam forward and trained at Herbert Hoffmann. In its competition time, he was 1.92 m tall and weighed 89 kg. In the becoming public knowledge after the fall of documents to the state doping in the GDR was found in the doped athletes also the name of Freimuth.

After the end of his athletic career, he worked as an electrician. The decathlete Uwe Freimuth ( 8792 points in 1984 ) is his twin brother.