Carl Nickolas

Carl Alan Nickolas Jr. (born July 18, 2001), also known as CJ Nickolas, 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. He is also a three-time gold medalist at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships.

Career
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 68kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.

In 2021, Nickolas won the gold medal in the men's 80kg 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.

Nickolas won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championships held in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic. 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.