| Nico Jacobs | |
| Fullname: | Nicolaas Jacobs |
| Birth Date: | 26 January 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Weight: | 960NaN0 |
| Style: | Freestyle |
| Club: | University of Calgary (CAN) |
| Coach: | Leigh Vierling (CAN) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
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]