CJ Nickolas
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| Full name | Carl Alan Nickolas Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 18, 2001 Oakland, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Brentwood, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 80 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Kyorugi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gareth Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 3 (October 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Carl Alan Nickolas Jr. (born July 18, 2001),[1] also known as CJ Nickolas,[2][3] 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.[4] He is also a three-time gold medalist at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships.
Career
[edit | edit source]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 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[5]
In 2021, Nickolas won the gold medal in the men's 80 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.[6]
Nickolas won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic.[7] 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.[4] He lost his bronze medal match in the men's 80 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[8][9]
Achievements
[edit | edit source]| Year | Event | Location | Place |
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| 2021 | Pan American Championships | Cancún, Mexico | 1st |
| Junior Pan American Games | Cali, Colombia | 1st | |
| 2022 | Pan American Championships | Punta Cana, Dominican Republic | 1st |
| 2023 | World Championships | Baku, Azerbaijan | 2nd |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- CJ Nickolas profile at World Taekwondo
- CJ Nickolas ranking at World Taekwondo
- Carl Alan Nickolas at TaekwondoData.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- CJ Nickolas at Team USA (archive May 29, 2023)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- CJ Nickolas at InterSportStats
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- Living people
- 2001 births
- American male taekwondo practitioners
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Pan American Taekwondo Championships medalists
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Sportspeople from Contra Costa County, California
- People from Brentwood, California
- Sportspeople from Oakland, California
- DeVry University alumni
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for the United States