Heiki Nabi

Heiki Nabi (born 6 June 1985) is an Estonian Olympic champion Greco-Roman wrestler.

Heiki Nabi

Heiki Nabi at the 2012 London Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Estonian
Born	(1985-06-06) 6 June 1985 Hilleste, Estonia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	114 kg (251 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Greco-Roman
Medal record Representing Estonia Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling Summer Olympics 2012 London 120 kg World Championships 2006 Guangzhou 96 kg 2013 Budapest 120 kg 2017 Paris 130 kg 2014 Tashkent 130 kg 2019 Nur-Sultan 130 kg European Games 2015 Baku 130 kg Universiade 2005 İzmir 96 kg
Updated on 23 August 2017.

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.

Nabi (right) greeted by former Estonian wrestler August Englas in 2007.

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

• Heiki Nabi (Estonia) : results, statistics
• Nabi, Heiki at Wrestling Database
• Heiki Nabi Philatelic Postage Stamp and Card (Estonian)

Awards
Preceded by Gerd Kanter	Estonian Sportsman of the Year 2012	Succeeded by Nikolai Novosjolov