Heiki Nabi Explained
| Heiki Nabi |
| Nationality: | Estonian |
| Sport: | Wrestling |
| Event: | Greco-Roman |
| Birth Date: | 1985 6, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Hilleste, Estonia |
| Height: | 1.93m (06.33feet) |
| Weight: | 114kg (251lb) |
| Updated: | 23 August 2017 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Heiki Nabi (born 6 June 1985) is an Estonian Olympic champion Greco-Roman wrestler.
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.[1] He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[1] Nabi also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics. However, Nabi received a quota due to reallocations of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) claimed by the IOC, garnering him a place on the Estonian Olympic team.[2] [3]
Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
|---|
| 2005 | European Championships | Varna, Bulgaria | 17th | Greco-Roman 120 kg |
| Universiade |  İzmir, Turkey | 3rd | Greco-Roman 96 kg |
| 2006 | European Championships |  Moscow, Russia | 9th | Greco-Roman 96 kg |
| University World Championships | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 3rd | Greco-Roman 96 kg |
| World Championships |  Guangzhou, China | 1st | Greco-Roman 96 kg |
| 2007 | European Championships | Sofia, Bulgaria | 5th | Greco-Roman 96 kg |
| World Championships |  Baku, Azerbaijan | 24th | Greco-Roman 96 kg |
| 2008 | European Championships |  Tampere, Finland | 5th | Greco-Roman 96 kg |
| 2009 | European Championships |  Vilnius, Lithuania | 7th | Greco-Roman 96 kg |
| World Championships | Herning, Denmark | 11th | Greco-Roman 96 kg |
| 2010 | European Championships | Baku, Azerbaijan | 14th | Greco-Roman 120 kg |
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 14th | Greco-Roman 120 kg |
| 2011 | European Championships | Dortmund, Germany | 5th | Greco-Roman 120 kg |
| World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 27th | Greco-Roman 120 kg |
| 2012 | European Championships |  Belgrade, Serbia | 16th | Greco-Roman 120 kg |
| Summer Olympics |  London, Great Britain | 2nd | Greco-Roman 120 kg |
| 2013 | European Championships |  Tbilisi, Georgia | 14th | Greco-Roman 120 kg |
| World Championships |  Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Greco-Roman 120 kg |
| 2014 | European Championships | Vantaa, Finland | 11th | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| World Championships |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 3rd | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| 2015 | European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 3rd | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| World Championships |  Las Vegas, United States | 8th | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| Military World Games |  Mungyeong, South Korea | 1st | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| 2016 | European Championships | Riga, Latvia | 10th | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| Summer Olympics |  Rio de Janeiro, Brasil | 5th | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| 2017 | European Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 14th | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| World Championships |  Paris, France | 2nd | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| 2018 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| 2019 | European Championships |  Bucharest, Romania | 5th | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| World Championships |  Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| Military World Games | Wuhan, China | 2nd | Greco-Roman 130 kg | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: Nabi, Heiki . Paris 2024 Olympics. 5 August 2024.
- Web site: 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf . 14 May 2024 . 14 May 2024 . United World Wrestling.
