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Taekwondo

CJ Nickolas

Olympian 2024

CJ Nickolas

Athlete Bio 

CJ Nickolas competing in taekwondo

Height

6'2"

Age

24

Hometown

Brentwood, CA

Education

Devry University

Quick Facts
  • Son to Denise Nickolas and Edward Givans
  • Started taekwondo at age 3 with his whole family and began competing at age 6
  • Competed in track and field in middle and high school
  • Moved to Colorado Springs in 2019 to join the USATKD Academy team
  • Credits his mother as his biggest inspiration
  • Won silver at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, the first U.S. taekwondo medal at worlds since 2009
  • Favorite non-taekwondo athlete is Kobe Bryant
  • Favorite movie is Wes Anderson's film, The French Dispatch
  • Hobbies include collecting records, legos, making music/singing and watching movies
Olympic Experience
  • 1-time Olympian
    • Olympic Games Paris 2024, 5th (Welterweight 68-80kg - Men)
World Championships Experience
  • Most recent: 2023 – silver (Welterweight 74-80kg - Men)
  • Years of participation: Welterweight 74-80kg - Men 2022, 2023; Featherweight 63-68kg - Men 2019
  • Medals: 1 (1 silver)
    • Silver – 2023 (Welterweight 74-80kg - Men)
Career Highlights
  • Pan American Games, Santiago, 2023 (Welterweight 68-80kg - Men)
  • Pan American Games, Lima, 2019 (Featherweight 58-68kg - Men)
  • World Junior Championships, Hammamet, 2018 (Light Middleweight 63-68kg - Men)

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