Heiki Nabi (born 6 June 1985) is an Estonian Olympic runner-up 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. He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. 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. He competed in the 130kg event at the Olympics and finished 10th.
Achievements YearTournamentVenueResultEvent2005European Championships Varna, Bulgaria17thGreco-Roman 120 kgUniversiade İzmir, Turkey3rdGreco-Roman 96 kg2006European Championships Moscow, Russia9thGreco-Roman 96 kgUniversity World Championships Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia3rdGreco-Roman 96 kgWorld Championships Guangzhou, China1stGreco-Roman 96 kg2007European Championships Sofia, Bulgaria5thGreco-Roman 96 kgWorld Championships Baku, Azerbaijan24thGreco-Roman 96 kg2008European Championships Tampere, Finland5thGreco-Roman 96 kg2009European Championships Vilnius, Lithuania7thGreco-Roman 96 kgWorld Championships Herning, Denmark11thGreco-Roman 96 kg2010European Championships Baku, Azerbaijan14thGreco-Roman 120 kgWorld Championships Moscow, Russia14thGreco-Roman 120 kg2011European Championships Dortmund, Germany5thGreco-Roman 120 kgWorld Championships Istanbul, Turkey27thGreco-Roman 120 kg2012European Championships Belgrade, Serbia16thGreco-Roman 120 kgSummer Olympics London, United Kingdom2ndGreco-Roman 120 kg2013European Championships Tbilisi, Georgia14thGreco-Roman 120 kgWorld Championships Budapest, Hungary1stGreco-Roman 120 kg2014European Championships Vantaa, Finland11thGreco-Roman 130 kgWorld Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan3rdGreco-Roman 130 kg2015European Games Baku, Azerbaijan3rdGreco-Roman 130 kgWorld Championships Las Vegas, United States8thGreco-Roman 130 kgMilitary World Games Mungyeong, South Korea1stGreco-Roman 130 kg2016European Championships Riga, Latvia10thGreco-Roman 130 kgSummer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil5thGreco-Roman 130 kg2017European Championships Novi Sad, Serbia14thGreco-Roman 130 kgWorld Championships Paris, France2ndGreco-Roman 130 kg2018World Championships Budapest, Hungary5thGreco-Roman 130 kg2019European Championships Bucharest, Romania5thGreco-Roman 130 kgWorld Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan3rdGreco-Roman 130 kgMilitary World Games Wuhan, China2ndGreco-Roman 130 kg
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Heiki Nabi Philatelic Postage Stamp and Card (Estonian)