{{short description|Namibian Olympic wrestler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sport wrestler | name = Nico Jacobs | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Nicolaas Jacobs | nationality = {{NAM}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|1|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Pretoria, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.80|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|96|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = | style = Freestyle | club = University of Calgary (CAN) | coach = Leigh Vierling (CAN) | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}} {{MedalCountry|{{NAM}}}} {{MedalCompetition|All-Africa Games}} {{MedalBronze|2003 Abuja|96 kg}} | 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.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Nico Jacobs|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/nico-jacobs-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084124/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/nico-jacobs-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 8 June 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kotarski |first=Kris |title=U of C goes to the Olympics |url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/oncampus/weekly/july23-04/olympics.html |publisher=University of Calgary |date=23 July 2004 |accessdate=8 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524030621/http://ucalgary.ca/oncampus/weekly/july23-04/olympics.html |archivedate=24 May 2009 }}</ref>

Jacobs qualified for the Namibian squad, as the nation's first and lone wrestler, in the men's heavyweight class (96&nbsp;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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=Olympic Games preview at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. in men's freestyle|url=http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10340|work=USA Wrestling|publisher=The Mat|date=18 July 2004|accessdate=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726012406/http://themat.com//section.php?section_id=3|archive-date=26 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ihuhua|first=Corry|title=Mutorwa not happy with few athletes to Olympics|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?archive_id=6527&page_type=archive_story_detail&page=5571|publisher=The Namibian|date=24 June 2004|accessdate=8 June 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 96kg|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/wrestling/results/3532658.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=30 September 2013}}</ref>

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