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Photos of the missing former high jump champion Jacques Freitag shared by his sister in a social media post asking for leads (Chrissie Lewis/Facebook)

Police have found a body believed to be that of missing former world high jump champ Jacques Freitag in a field at the Zandfontein cemetery in Hercules, Pretoria West.

Freitag went missing on 12 June, a day after his birthday.

When asked to confirm whether Freitag had died, Gauteng police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said a body was discovered on Monday afternoon by a search-and-rescue team.

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