US’ Cj Nickolas celebrates after winning in the taekwondo men’s -80kg quarter-final bout of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris on August 9, 2024. (Photo by David GRAY / AFP) (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)
Career Highlights
2024 U.S. National Taekwondo Team Member -80KG
2022 Paris Grand Prix: Bronze
2022 US Presidents Cup: Gold
2022 Rome Grand Prix: Quarter Finals
2022 Pan Am Championships (-80kg): GOLD
2022 European Presidents Cup: Silver
2022 Senior World Championships (-80kg)
2021 Youth Pan Am Games (-80kg): GOLD
2021 European Presidents Cup: Silver
2021 Pan Am Championships (-80kg): GOLD
2019 U.S. Senior Grand Slam (-68kg):- GOLD
2019 U.S. Presidents Cup (-68kg): Gold
2019 Senior World Championships (-68kg): Round of 16
2018 USA Taekwondo Junior National Team member (-68kg)
2018 World Taekwondo Junior Championships (-68kg): SILVER
2017 U.S. Open (Juniors -59kg) – SILVER
2016 Junior National Team Member
2016 U.S. Open (Jr. -45kg) – Silver
2015 Junior National Team Member
2015 USA Taekwondo Cadet National Team member (-41kg)
2015 National Championship – Cadet Sparring – Black Belt – 41kg – Gold
2015 Pan Am Open – Cadet Sparring – Black Belt – 45kg – Gold
2015 Stanford TKD Athlete of the Year
2014 USA Taekwondo Cadet National Team member (-41kg)
2014 National Championship – Cadet Sparring – Black Belt – 41kg – Gold
2014 Pan Am Championship – Sparring – Black Belt – 44 kg – Gold
2014 Team Trials – Cadet Sparring – Black Belt – 41kg – Bronze
2012 National Championship – Youth Sparring – Black Belt – 35kg – Gold
2012 US Open – Youth Sparring – Black Belt – 35kg – Gold
2011 Pan Am Championship – Youth Sparring – 35kg – Gold
2010 National Championship – Sparring – Blue Belt – Youth middle – Silver
Paris , France – 8 August 2024; Faith Dillon of Team United States before her bout against Chaima Toumi of Team Tunisia in the women’s -57kg round of 16 at the Grand Palais during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. (Photo By Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
