Nico Jacobs
Personal information
Full nameNicolaas Jacobs
Nationality Namibia
Born (1981-01-26) 26 January 1981
Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
StyleFreestyle
ClubUniversity of Calgary (CAN)
CoachLeigh Vierling (CAN)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Namibia
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal – third place2003 Abuja96 kg

Nicolaas "Nico" Jacobs (born January 26, 1981 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a retired amateur Namibian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.[1] Jacobs had claimed a bronze medal in the 96-kg division at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria, and later became the first Namibian wrestler in history to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. A graduate at the University of Calgary in Canada, Jacobs trained for the university's wrestling team under his head coach Leigh Vierling.[2]

Jacobs qualified for the Namibian squad, as the nation's first and lone wrestler, in the men's heavyweight class (96 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, with a remarkable milestone. Earlier in the process, he placed sixth in the 97-kg division at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships in New York City, New York, United States, which automatically secured him a spot for his Olympic debut.[3][4] He lost two straight matches each to Kazakhstan's Islam Bairamukov with a 1–7 decision, and Azerbaijan's Rustam Aghayev, who pinned him into the mat by both an eleven-point advantage and a technical fall, in the prelim pool, finishing eighteenth overall in the final rankings.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nico Jacobs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Kotarski, Kris (23 July 2004). "U of C goes to the Olympics". University of Calgary. Archived from the original on 24 May 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Abbott, Gary (18 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. in men's freestyle". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Ihuhua, Corry (24 June 2004). "Mutorwa not happy with few athletes to Olympics". The Namibian. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 96kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.


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