Nico Jacobs

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]

Nico Jacobs

Personal information
Full name	Nicolaas Jacobs
Nationality	Namibia
Born	(1981-01-26) 26 January 1981 (age 44) Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Style	Freestyle
Club	University of Calgary (CAN)
Coach	Leigh Vierling (CAN)
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Namibia All-Africa Games 2003 Abuja 96 kg

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]