Nicolaas Jacobs had the following finishes at major championships – 2003 World Championship: 96.0 kg. Freestyle (6th); 2002 Commonwealth Games: 84.0 kg. Freestyle (9th); 1998 African Championship: 76.0 kg. Freestyle (3rd); 2001 African Championship: 85.0 kg. Freestyle (3rd); 2000 African Championship: 85.0 kg. Greco-Roman (4th); 1998 African Championship: 76.0 kg. Greco-Roman (5th); 2003 All-African Games: 96.0 kg. Freestyle (3rd); 1999 All-African Games: 85.0 kg. Freestyle (4th); 1999 All-African Games: 85.0 kg. Greco-Roman (4th); 2003 Commonwealth Championship: 96.0 kg. Freestyle (2nd); 2005 Commonwealth Championship: 96.0 kg. Greco-Roman (3rd); 2007 Commonwealth Championship: 96.0 kg. Greco-Roman (4th); 2005 Commonwealth Championship: 96.0 kg. Freestyle (5th).