Nicole Carroll

{{Short description|American javelin thrower (born 1968)}}

{{distinguish|text=Nickey Carroll an Australian distance runner during the same time period}}

{{for|the American journalist|Nicole Carroll (journalist)}}

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Nicole C. Carroll-Lewis (born April 18, 1968, in San Francisco, California) is an American track and field athlete known for the javelin throw. She competed for USA at the 1996 Olympics{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033329/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/nicole-carroll-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/nicole-carroll-1.html |title=Nicole Carroll |website=Sports Reference}} after qualifying on the last throw.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/A-Javelin-Throw-of-Olympic-Proportions-Carroll-2977476.php|title = A Javelin Throw of Olympic Proportions / Carroll makes team on last-chance attempt|date = 21 June 1996 |work=SFGate |first=Scott |last=Ostler |access-date=6 March 2024}} She is a two time American Champion in the event in 1996 and 1998.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/USA-Champions/USAOutdoorTF/women/JT.aspx |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20191220071837/www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/USA-Champions/USAOutdoorTF/women/JT.aspx |archive-date=20 December 2019 |title=USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions: Women's Javelin Throw |website=USA Track & Field}}

Carroll went to Alameda High School,{{cite web | url=http://www.alamedasportsproject.com/alamedaolympians.htm | title=Alameda Olympians |website=Alameda Sports Project |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20100518213228/http://www.alamedasportsproject.com/alamedaolympians.htm |archive-date=18 May 2010 }} where she was merely a {{T&Fcalc2|30}} shot putter and {{T&Fcalc2|100}} discus thrower. She took up javelin at the College of San Mateo after encouragement from Mike Lewis, a friend of her father, a San Francisco firefighter. Lewis continued as her coach and later, her husband. She won the CCCAA Championship in 1989. She continued at Fresno State, winning the 1990 Big West Conference Championship. After college, she threw for the Olympic Club. She only finished fifth at the 1995 National Championships but her personal best of {{T&Fcalc2|205|10}} was the second best qualifying mark in the country. That mark qualified her to the 1995 World Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2000/carroll.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20191220080437/https://www.legacy.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2000/carroll.html |archive-date=20 December 2019 |title=USATF Athlete Biography: Nicole Carroll |website=USA Track & Field}}

She was inducted into the inaugural class of the College of San Mateo Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://collegeofsanmateo.edu/halloffame/docs/2011HallofFameProgram.pdf |title=Program: CSM Athletics Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction Ceremony |date=23 September 2011 |publisher=College of San Mateo |access-date=6 March 2024}}