Uwe Freimuth (German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌmuːt] ⓘ; born 10 September 1961 in Rathenow, Bezirk Potsdam) is a retired decathlete from East Germany, who finished in eighteenth place with 7860 points at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
In 1998 he became a union coach in Bavaria and in 2000 he moved as a lecturer to the Institute of Sports at the University of Würzburg, Germany.
In September 2007 Freimuth returned to Malaysia to head the Department for Development at the Institute of Sports (ISN) in Kuala Lumpur.
Since September 2013, Freimuth has been Professor of Sport & Event Management at the Business and Information Technology School at Berlin, Hamburg and Iserlohn.
He is the twin brother of high jumper Jörg Freimuth, who won the bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.