Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls
| Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls | |
|---|---|
| — Bodybuilder — | |
| Personal info | |
| Nickname | Thunder Thighs |
| Born |
April 23, 1968 Charleston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | (In Season): 132–160 lb (60–73 kg) (Off-Season): 170–176 lb (77–80 kg) |
| Professional career | |
| Pro-debut | Ms. International, 1993 |
| Best win | Ms. Olympia, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 |
| Predecessor | Lenda Murray |
| Successor | Juliette Bergmann |
| Active | Retired 1999 (bodybuilding) Retired 2002 (fitness) Retired 2004 (figure) |
Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls (born April 23, 1968) is an American professional female bodybuilding champion, fitness, and figure competitor.
Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls (born Kim Chizevsky) was born in 1968 in Charleston, Illinois, the elder of two children. In 1970, the family moved and raised her in Decatur. While attending the E.J. Muffley Elementary School, she engaged in sports such as basketball, volleyball and cheerleading. While attending the Eisenhower High School, she was a multi-sport star there. In addition to participating in volleyball, basketball, and cheerleading, she ran the 100, 400, 800 relay, and mile relay, threw the shot and discus, and did the long jump. Upon graduation from high school in 1986, she then attended Southern Illinois University for three years, where she studied legal and medical secretarial services and worked as a paralegal with the law firm Baird, McCarthy and Rowden. While in college, she joined the dance squad and participated in aerobics.
In 1988, she began dating Chad Nicholls. At the time, she was an aerobics instructor, but Nicholls directed her towards bodybuilding. After three months under Chad's instructions, Chizevsky-Nicholls, weighing 121 pounds (55 kg) at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), placed second in the lightheavyweight class in the 1989 NPC Jr. Tri State. With the exception of the 1989 NPC Jr. Tri State and 1989 AAU Central USA, Chizevsky-Nicholls would place 1st in every amateur bodybuilding competition she attended. Chizevsky-Nicholls earned her pro card by winning the 1992 IFBB North American Championship, competing at 147 pounds (67 kg).
In her 1993 pro debut, Chizevsky-Nicholls attended her first pro competition, the Ms. International, which she won. In November 1993, she attended her first Ms. Olympia, where she placed fifth. At the 1994 Ms. Intentional, she would place fifth. In 1995, she placed second at the Ms. International and Ms. Olympia.
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