Nico Jacobs

Nico Jacobs
Personal information
Full name Nicolaas Jacobs
Nationality  Namibia
Born (1981-01-26) 26 January 1981
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)

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. "Nico Jacobs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  2. Kotarski, Kris (23 July 2004). "U of C goes to the Olympics". University of Calgary. 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. 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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