Heiki Nabi (born 6 June 1985) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n Olympic champion

Greco-Roman wrestler Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling ( Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mo ...

. Nabi was born in Hilleste,

Hiiumaa Hiiumaa (, ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within H ...

. At the 2006 World Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman (96 kg) category and became the first

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World Champion for his home country, because previous Estonian wrestling World Champion

August Englas August Englas (15 January 1925 – 21 March 2017) was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union. Englas was born in Otepää. In the 1952 Summer Olympics, after defeating Adil Atan, Shirang Vithoba Jadav and Max Leichter, ...

( 1953 and

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) competed for

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. At the

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, Nabi won the

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in the Men's Greco-Roman 120kg.

Achievements

External links

Heiki Nabi (Estonia) : results, statisticsNabi, Heiki at Wrestling DatabaseHeiki Nabi Philatelic Postage Stamp and Card (Estonian)
1985 births Living people People from Hiiumaa Parish Olympic medalists in wrestling Olympic silver medalists for Estonia Olympic wrestlers of Estonia Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics European Games bronze medalists for Estonia European Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Estonian male sport wrestlers Universiade medalists in wrestling Universiade bronze medalists for Estonia Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 2nd Class Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade {{Estonia-Olympic-medalist-stub