Carl Nickolas
{{Short description|American taekwondo practitioner}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = CJ Nickolas
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| full_name = Carl Alan Nickolas Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|7|18}}
| birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.
| hometown = {{nowrap|Brentwood, California, U.S.}}
| height = 6 ft 2 in
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| country = United States
| sport = Taekwondo
| weight_class = 80 kg
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| rank = 2
| event = Kyorugi
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| coach = Gareth Brown
| highestranking = 3 (October 2023)
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{{Medal|Sport| Men's taekwondo }}
{{Medal|Country| {{USA}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2023 Baku | 80 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Grand Prix }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Paris |80 kg }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2023 Paris |80 kg }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2023 Taiyuan |80 kg }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2023 Manchester (F) |80 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Santiago|80 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2021 Cancún | 80 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2022 Punta Cana | 80 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Junior Pan American Games }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2021 Cali | 80 kg }}
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Carl Alan Nickolas Jr. (born July 18, 2001),{{Cite web |title=Taekwondo Results Book |url=https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/lima-2019/TK_Results_Book_1.0.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306144833/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/lima-2019/TK_Results_Book_1.0.pdf |archive-date=March 6, 2020 |access-date=October 10, 2020 |website=2019 Pan American Games}} also known as CJ Nickolas, is an American taekwondo practitioner. He won the silver medal in the men's welterweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=May 31, 2023 |title=Dramatic final makes Dinçel one of three winners at World Taekwondo Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1137505/wtc-baku-day-3-report |access-date=May 31, 2023}} He is also a three-time gold medalist at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships.
Career
Nickolas competed in the men's featherweight event at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom. He was eliminated in his second match. A few months later, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.{{Cite web |title=Taekwondo Results |url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/TKW/PAG2019_TKW_C93_TKW-------------------------------.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612124341/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/TKW/PAG2019_TKW_C93_TKW-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |access-date=June 12, 2020 |website=2019 Pan American Games}}
In 2021, Nickolas won the gold medal in the men's 80{{nbsp}}kg at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Cancún, Mexico. In that same year, he won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia.{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Owen |date=November 27, 2021 |title=United States take three of four taekwondo gold medals on day two of Cali 2021 |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1116065/usa-win-three-of-four-taekwondo-golds |access-date=May 31, 2023}}
Nickolas won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic.{{Cite news |last=Palmer |first=Dan |date=May 4, 2022 |title=Pié earns home gold for hosts at Pan American Taekwondo Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122754/pie-pan-american-taekwondo-champs |access-date=May 31, 2023}} He also competed in the men's welterweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico where he was eliminated in his first match.
He won the silver medal in the men's welterweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He lost his bronze medal match in the men's 80{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.
Achievements
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |
| align=center | Year
! Event ! Location ! Place |
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| rowspan=2 | 2021
| align="left" | Pan American Championships | align="left" | Cancún, Mexico | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |
| align="left" | Junior Pan American Games
| align="left" | Cali, Colombia | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |
| 2022
| align="left" | Pan American Championships | align="left" | Punta Cana, Dominican Republic | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |
| 2023
| align="left" | World Championships | align="left" | Baku, Azerbaijan | align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |
References
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External links
- {{World Taekwondo profile|275eb88d-4117-41b4-b35b-664723204f8c|CJ Nickolas}}
- {{World Taekwondo ranking|11e6eef4-5970-469a-92b4-12f817a4f090|CJ Nickolas}}
- {{TaekwondoData|carl-alan-nickolas.aoqi|Carl Alan Nickolas}}
- {{Team USA|new_id=cj-nickolas|name=CJ Nickolas|old_id=CJ-Nickolas|sport=usa-taekwondo|archive=20230529191404}}
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Category:American male taekwondo practitioners
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games competitors for the United States
Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Category:World Taekwondo Championships medalists
Category:Pan American Taekwondo Championships medalists
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:Sportspeople from Contra Costa County, California
Category:People from Brentwood, California
Category:Sportspeople from Oakland, California
Category:DeVry University alumni
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics