Personal information | |
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Nationality | Estonian |
Born | Hilleste, Estonia | 6 June 1985
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 114 kg (251 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Wrestling |
Event | Greco-Roman |
Updated on 23 August 2017. |
Heiki Nabi (born 6 June 1985) is an Estonian Olympic champion Greco-Roman wrestler.[1]
Nabi was born in Hilleste, Hiiumaa. At the 2006 World Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman (96 kg) category and became the first amateur wrestling World Champion for his home country, because previous Estonian wrestling World Champion August Englas (1953 and 1954) competed for Soviet Union. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Nabi won the silver medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 120kg.
He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[2] He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[2]
Achievements[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heiki Nabi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
External links[edit]
- Heiki Nabi at United World Wrestling
- Heiki Nabi at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Heiki Nabi at Olympedia
- Heiki Nabi at Olympics.com
- Heiki Nabi at ESBL (in Estonian)
- Heiki Nabi Philatelic Postage Stamp and Card (Estonian)