Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls

{{Infobox bodybuilder

| image =

| caption = Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls doing a front double bicep pose at the 1993 Ms. Olympia.

| nickname = Sunflower

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|04|23}}

| birth_place = Charleston, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{convert|5|ft|8|in|abbr=on}}

| weight = (On season): {{convert|121|-|165|lb|abbr=on}}
(Off season): {{convert|180|lb|abbr=on}}

{{cite web

|url=https://sex.ncu.edu.tw/conference/super-SlimConferences/06/old/bolin02.pdf

|title=Testy and Docile Bodies: Her-stories of Compliance and Defiance in Women's Bodybuilding.*

|last=Bolin

|first=Anne

|date=November 27, 2004

|orig-year=First published November 27, 2004

|website=center for the study of sexualities

|page=7

|language=English

|type=Article.

|access-date=14 January 2022

|url-status=live

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114154224/https://sex.ncu.edu.tw/conference/super-SlimConferences/06/old/bolin02.pdf

|archive-date=14 January 2022

|quote=... Kim Chizevsky competes at 165 lbs on her 5’7” frame. ...

}}

| firstproshow = Ms. International

| firstproshowyear = 1993

| bestwin = Ms. Olympia

| bestwinyear = 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999

| predecessor = Lenda Murray

| successor = Juliette Bergmann

| yesorretiredyear = Retired 1999 (bodybuilding)
Retired 2002 (fitness)
Retired 2004 (figure)

}}

Kimberly "Kim" Ann Chizevsky-Nicholls (born April 23, 1968) is an American professional female bodybuilding champion, fitness, and figure competitor.

Early life and education

Kim Chizevsky was born in 1968 in Charleston, Illinois, the elder of two children. In 1970, the family moved and raised her in Decatur. While attending the E.J. Muffley Elementary School, she engaged in sports such as basketball, volleyball and cheerleading. While attending the Eisenhower High School, she was a multi-sport star there. In addition to participating in volleyball, basketball, and cheerleading, she ran the 100, 400, 800 relay, and mile relay, threw the shot and discus, and did the long jump. Upon graduation from high school in 1986, she then attended Southern Illinois University for three years, where she studied legal and medical secretarial services and worked as a paralegal with the law firm Baird, McCarthy and Rowden. While in college, she joined the dance squad and participated in aerobics.{{cite web|url=http://www.ifbbpro.com/hall-of-fame-welcome-message/kim-chizevsky/|title=Kim Chizevsky|publisher=IFBB|access-date=October 28, 2013|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200712/http://www.ifbbpro.com/hall-of-fame-welcome-message/kim-chizevsky/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-181861005.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611124349/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-181861005.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-06-11|title=Kim Chizevsky: featuring 2008 Joe Weider's bodybuilding hall of fame inductee. (Factoids)}}

Bodybuilding career

=Amateur=

In 1988, she began dating Chad Nicholls, a bodybuilder who directed her away from being an aerobics instructor and towards bodybuilding, along with becoming her coach and later husband. After three months under his instructions, Chizevsky-Nicholls, weighing {{convert|121|lb}} at {{convert|5|ft|8|in|abbr=on}}, placed second in the lightheavyweight class in the 1989 NPC Jr. Tri State. With the exception of the 1989 NPC Jr. Tri State and 1989 AAU Central USA, Chizevsky-Nicholls would place 1st in every amateur bodybuilding competition she attended. Chizevsky-Nicholls earned her pro card by winning the 1992 IFBB North American Championship, competing at {{convert|147|lb}}.

=Professional=

==1993–1995==

In her 1993 pro debut, Chizevsky-Nicholls attended her first pro competition, the Ms. International, which she won. In November 1993, she attended her first Ms. Olympia, where she placed fifth. At the 1994 Ms. International, she placed fifth. In 1995, she placed second at the Ms. International and Ms. Olympia.

==1996–1999==

In 1996, Chizevsky-Nicholls won the Ms. International and dethroned the Ms. International champion, Laura Creavalle. Also in 1996, she unseated six-time Ms. Olympia defending champion, Lenda Murray. This was the first time a pro female bodybuilder won both the Ms. International and Ms. Olympia in the same year. She retained her Ms. Olympia title in 1997 against Lenda Murry, who retired afterwards. At the 1997 Ms. Olympia, she competed at {{convert|157|lb}}. In 1998 and 1999, she won both Ms. Olympia competitions.

=Retirement=

Chizevsky-Nicholls decided to retire from bodybuilding after winning the 1999 Ms. Olympia.

= Legacy =

Chizevsky-Nicholls was the first female bodybuilder to win both the Ms. International and Olympia in the same year in 1996. She ranks as the best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List until October 22, 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.getbig.com/ranking/prorankw.htm |title=IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List |publisher=getbig.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001115100400/http://www.getbig.com/ranking/prorankw.htm |archivedate=November 15, 2000 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.getbig.com/ranking/prorankw.htm |title=IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List |publisher=getbig.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001018123308/http://www.getbig.com/ranking/prorankw.htm |archivedate=October 18, 2000 }} In January 2008, Chizevsky was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://www.revistasuplementacao.com.br/impresso/detalhes/4798-mitos-do-bodybuilding-kim-chizevsky.html|title = Mitos do Bodybuilding: Kim Chizevsky}}

= Competition history =

1989 Tri-State Bodybuilding (Illinois) – 2nd (LHW)
1989 AAU Illinois – 1st (Tall)
1989 AAU Central USA – 2nd (Tall)
1990 NPC Tri-State – 1st (HW)
1990 AAU Southern Illinois – 1st (Tall)
1990 AAU Illinois – 1st (Overall)
1990 AAU Central USA – 1st (Overall)
1991 NPC Continental USA – 1st (Overall)
1991 MPC Midwest Grand Prix – 1st (Overall)
1992 NPC Junior Nationals – 1st (HW and overall)
1992 IFBB North American Championship – 1st (HW and overall)
1993 IFBB Ms. International – 1st
1993 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 5th
1994 IFBB Ms. International – 5th
1995 IFBB Ms. International – 2nd
1995 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 2nd
1996 IFBB Ms. International – 1st
1996 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 1st
1997 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 1st
1998 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 1st
1999 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 1st{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kim-Chizevsky/74609003880?sk=info|title=Kim Chizevsky Facebook|publisher=Facebook}}

=Best statistics=

Biceps – {{convert|16+1/2|in|cm}}[https://fitnessvolt.com/girls-biggest-biceps/ Top 18 Girls with the Biggest Biceps in the World]
Chest – {{convert|46|in|cm}}[https://www.mensxp.com/health/body-building/44410-the-5-most-jacked-female-bodybuilders-of-all-time.html Top 5 Biggest Female Bodybuilders Of All Time]
Height – {{height|ft=5|in=8|out=cm}}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5U8V6HxBw8&ab_channel=HotBodybuildingDVDs 1999 Ms. Olympia]
On season weight - {{convert|121|-|165|lb|abbr=on}}[https://www.evolutionofbodybuilding.net/kim-chizevsky/ Kim Chizevsky][https://www.muscleville2.com/WPW219--Kim-Chizevsky-Gine-Mezzaroba-Hall--Video-Download_p_2219.html WPW219 – Kim Chizevsky & Gine Mezzaroba-Hall – Video Download][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMJOFxfaEXU&ab_channel=WingsofStrength 4x Ms Olympia Kim Chizevsky]
Quads – {{convert|28|in|cm}}

Fitness career

Chizevsky-Nicholls gave up much of her muscle gains and began competing in fitness competitions in 2001, but with only limited success.

= Contest history =

2001 IFBB Fitness International – 6th
2002 Southwest Pro Fitness – 4th

Figure career

Five months after giving birth to her first son, Chizevsky-Nicholls began competing in figure, but again with only limited success.

= Contest history =

2003 IFBB Show of Strength Pro Championship – 9th
2004 IFBB Show of Strength Pro Championship – 7th

Personal life

In May 1993, Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls married Chad Nicholls, a former bodybuilder, drug and nutrition guru and coach for his wife, along with professional bodybuilders Ronnie Coleman and Lenda Murray. They currently live in Springfield, Missouri and have two children, Dominic and Morgan Nicholls.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/kim.chizevskynicholls/info?collection_token=100000621641525%3A2327158227%3A8|title=Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls|publisher=Facebook}}{{cite news |title=Bodybuilders dying as coaches and judges encourage extreme measures |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328040814/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/bodybuilding-extreme-training/ |archive-date=2023-03-28 |url-status=live |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/bodybuilding-extreme-training/}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=jmqdYvr_hikC Muscle: A Writer's Trip Through a Sport with No Boundaries]

=Television appearance=

In July 1995, Chizevsky-Nicholls appeared on Geraldo, along with Bill Dobbins, Lenda Murray, Debbie Muggli, Sharon Bruneau, Debbie Kruck, Sha-ri Pendleton, and Nikki Fuller.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140503233401/https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/saradasparabrasileiros/conversations/topics/611 Chizevsky, Fuller, Muggli, Murray on one video! ]

The 2000 documentary Bodybuilders dealing with female bodybuilding and specifically concentrates on Ms. Olympia and the rapid changes that happened to the sport from 1980 to 2000, with Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls being featured and interviewed in the film.

=Motion picture appearance=

In 2000, Chizevsky-Nicholls appeared in The Cell, which starred Jennifer Lopez. According to director Tarsem Singh's DVD audio commentary, the character she played was originally listed in the script simply as "helper", so Tarsem asked the production designer what disturbs him. So, he replied that “Those women that work out,” so he added her. Tarsem was concerned the audience might think she was a man in drag, so they gave her prosthetic breasts.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemorgue.com/kimchizevsky.html|title=Kim Chizevsky (1968 – )|publisher=cinemorgue.com}}

{{cite web

|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/30-things-we-learned-from-tarsem-singhs-the-cell-commentary-fb70da71d945/

|title=30 Things We Learned From Tarsem Singh's 'The Cell' Commentary

|last=Hunter

|first=Rob

|date=July 6, 2015

|orig-year=First published July 6, 2015

|editor-link=

|website=Film School Rejects

|agency=Film School Rejects

|no-pp=y

|language=English

|type=Article.

|access-date=14 January 2022

|url-status=live

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113092916/https://filmschoolrejects.com/30-things-we-learned-from-tarsem-singhs-the-cell-commentary-fb70da71d945/

|archive-date=13 January 2021

|quote=... The character of the dream-world female body builder was originally listed in the script simply as “helper,” so Tarsem asked the production designer what disturbs him. “Those women that work out,” was the reply, so they added her in. They soon realized that female body builders have tiny breasts though, and he was concerned viewers might think she was a man in drag so they gave her prosthetics. ...

}}