{{Short description|American bodybuilder (born 1968)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox bodybuilder | image = | caption = Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls doing a front double bicep pose at the 1993 Ms. Olympia. | nickname = Sunflower<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|04|23}}<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /> | birth_place = Charleston, Illinois, U.S.<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /> | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|5|ft|8|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="1999 Ms. Olympia" /> | weight = (On season): {{convert|121|-|165|lb|abbr=on}} <br /> (Off season): {{convert|180|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="1999 Ms. Olympia" /><ref name="Evolutionofbodybuilding.net" /><ref name="Muscleville" /><ref> {{cite web |url=https://sex.ncu.edu.tw/conference/super-SlimConferences/06/old/bolin02.pdf |title=Testy and Docile Bodies: Her-stories of Compliance and Defiance in Women's Bodybuilding.* |last=Bolin |first=Anne |date=November 27, 2004 |orig-year=First published November 27, 2004 |website=center for the study of sexualities |page=7 |language=English |type=Article. |access-date=14 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114154224/https://sex.ncu.edu.tw/conference/super-SlimConferences/06/old/bolin02.pdf |archive-date=14 January 2022 |quote=... Kim Chizevsky competes at 165 lbs on her 5’7” frame. ... }}</ref> | firstproshow = Ms. International<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /> | firstproshowyear = 1993<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /> | bestwin = Ms. Olympia<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /> | bestwinyear = 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /> | predecessor = Lenda Murray<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /> | successor = Juliette Bergmann<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /> | yesorretiredyear = Retired 1999 (bodybuilding)<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /><br />Retired 2002 (fitness)<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /><br />Retired 2004 (figure)<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /> }}
'''Kimberly "Kim" Ann Chizevsky-Nicholls''' (born April 23, 1968) is an American professional female bodybuilding champion, fitness, and figure competitor.<ref name="Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls" />
==Early life and education== 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.<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifbbpro.com/hall-of-fame-welcome-message/kim-chizevsky/|title=Kim Chizevsky|publisher=IFBB|access-date=October 28, 2013|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200712/http://www.ifbbpro.com/hall-of-fame-welcome-message/kim-chizevsky/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-181861005.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611124349/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-181861005.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-06-11|title=Kim Chizevsky: featuring 2008 Joe Weider's bodybuilding hall of fame inductee. (Factoids)}}</ref>
==Bodybuilding career==
===Amateur=== In 1988, she began dating Chad Nicholls, a bodybuilder who directed her away from being an aerobics instructor and towards bodybuilding, along with becoming her coach and later husband. After three months under his instructions, Chizevsky-Nicholls, weighing {{convert|121|lb}} at {{convert|5|ft|8|in|abbr=on}}, 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 {{convert|147|lb}}.<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" />
===Professional===
====1993–1995==== 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. International, she placed fifth. In 1995, she placed second at the Ms. International and Ms. Olympia.<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" />
====1996–1999==== In 1996, Chizevsky-Nicholls won the Ms. International and dethroned the Ms. International champion, Laura Creavalle. Also in 1996, she unseated six-time Ms. Olympia defending champion, Lenda Murray. This was the first time a pro female bodybuilder won both the Ms. International and Ms. Olympia in the same year. She retained her Ms. Olympia title in 1997 against Lenda Murry, who retired afterwards. At the 1997 Ms. Olympia, she competed at {{convert|157|lb}}. In 1998 and 1999, she won both Ms. Olympia competitions.<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" />
===Retirement=== Chizevsky-Nicholls decided to retire from bodybuilding after winning the 1999 Ms. Olympia.
=== Legacy === Chizevsky-Nicholls was the first female bodybuilder to win both the Ms. International and Olympia in the same year in 1996. She ranks as the best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List until October 22, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getbig.com/ranking/prorankw.htm |title=IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List |publisher=getbig.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001115100400/http://www.getbig.com/ranking/prorankw.htm |archivedate=November 15, 2000 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getbig.com/ranking/prorankw.htm |title=IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List |publisher=getbig.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001018123308/http://www.getbig.com/ranking/prorankw.htm |archivedate=October 18, 2000 }}</ref> In January 2008, Chizevsky was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame.<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.revistasuplementacao.com.br/impresso/detalhes/4798-mitos-do-bodybuilding-kim-chizevsky.html|title = Mitos do Bodybuilding: Kim Chizevsky}}</ref>
=== Competition history === * 1989 Tri-State Bodybuilding (Illinois) – 2nd (LHW) * 1989 AAU Illinois – 1st (Tall) * 1989 AAU Central USA – 2nd (Tall) * 1990 NPC Tri-State – 1st (HW) * 1990 AAU Southern Illinois – 1st (Tall) * 1990 AAU Illinois – 1st (Overall) * 1990 AAU Central USA – 1st (Overall) * 1991 NPC Continental USA – 1st (Overall) * 1991 MPC Midwest Grand Prix – 1st (Overall) * 1992 NPC Junior Nationals – 1st (HW and overall) * 1992 IFBB North American Championship – 1st (HW and overall) * 1993 IFBB Ms. International – 1st * 1993 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 5th * 1994 IFBB Ms. International – 5th * 1995 IFBB Ms. International – 2nd * 1995 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 2nd * 1996 IFBB Ms. International – 1st * 1996 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 1st * 1997 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 1st * 1998 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 1st * 1999 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 1st<ref name="competitions">{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kim-Chizevsky/74609003880?sk=info|title=Kim Chizevsky Facebook|publisher=Facebook}}</ref>
===Best statistics=== * Biceps – {{convert|16+1/2|in|cm}}<ref>[https://fitnessvolt.com/girls-biggest-biceps/ Top 18 Girls with the Biggest Biceps in the World]</ref> * Chest – {{convert|46|in|cm}}<ref name="mensxp">[https://www.mensxp.com/health/body-building/44410-the-5-most-jacked-female-bodybuilders-of-all-time.html Top 5 Biggest Female Bodybuilders Of All Time]</ref> * Height – {{height|ft=5|in=8|out=cm}}<ref name="1999 Ms. Olympia">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5U8V6HxBw8&ab_channel=HotBodybuildingDVDs 1999 Ms. Olympia]</ref> * On season weight - {{convert|121|-|165|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="Evolutionofbodybuilding.net">[https://www.evolutionofbodybuilding.net/kim-chizevsky/ Kim Chizevsky]</ref><ref name="Muscleville">[https://www.muscleville2.com/WPW219--Kim-Chizevsky-Gine-Mezzaroba-Hall--Video-Download_p_2219.html WPW219 – Kim Chizevsky & Gine Mezzaroba-Hall – Video Download]</ref><ref name="1999 Ms. Olympia" /><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMJOFxfaEXU&ab_channel=WingsofStrength 4x Ms Olympia Kim Chizevsky]</ref> * Quads – {{convert|28|in|cm}}<ref name="mensxp" />
==Fitness career== Chizevsky-Nicholls gave up much of her muscle gains and began competing in fitness competitions in 2001, but with only limited success.<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" />
=== Contest history === * 2001 IFBB Fitness International – 6th * 2002 Southwest Pro Fitness – 4th<ref name="competitions" />
==Figure career== Five months after giving birth to her first son, Chizevsky-Nicholls began competing in figure, but again with only limited success.<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" />
=== Contest history === * 2003 IFBB Show of Strength Pro Championship – 9th * 2004 IFBB Show of Strength Pro Championship – 7th<ref name="competitions" />
==Personal life== In May 1993, Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls married Chad Nicholls, a former bodybuilder, drug and nutrition guru and coach for his wife, along with professional bodybuilders Ronnie Coleman and Lenda Murray.<ref name="Kim Chizevsky IFBB" /> They currently live in Springfield, Missouri and have two children, Dominic and Morgan Nicholls.<ref name="Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/kim.chizevskynicholls/info?collection_token=100000621641525%3A2327158227%3A8|title=Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls|publisher=Facebook}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bodybuilders dying as coaches and judges encourage extreme measures |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328040814/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/bodybuilding-extreme-training/ |archive-date=2023-03-28 |url-status=live |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/bodybuilding-extreme-training/}}</ref><ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=jmqdYvr_hikC Muscle: A Writer's Trip Through a Sport with No Boundaries]</ref>
===Television appearance=== In July 1995, Chizevsky-Nicholls appeared on Geraldo, along with Bill Dobbins, Lenda Murray, Debbie Muggli, Sharon Bruneau, Debbie Kruck, Sha-ri Pendleton, and Nikki Fuller.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140503233401/https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/saradasparabrasileiros/conversations/topics/611 Chizevsky, Fuller, Muggli, Murray on one video! ]</ref><ref name="books.google.com"/>
The 2000 documentary Bodybuilders dealing with female bodybuilding and specifically concentrates on Ms. Olympia and the rapid changes that happened to the sport from 1980 to 2000, with Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls being featured and interviewed in the film.
===Motion picture appearance=== In 2000, Chizevsky-Nicholls appeared in ''The Cell'', which starred Jennifer Lopez. According to director Tarsem Singh's DVD audio commentary, the character she played was originally listed in the script simply as "helper", so Tarsem asked the production designer what disturbs him. So, he replied that “Those women that work out,” so he added her. Tarsem was concerned the audience might think she was a man in drag, so they gave her prosthetic breasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemorgue.com/kimchizevsky.html|title=Kim Chizevsky (1968 – )|publisher=cinemorgue.com|access-date=April 21, 2014|archive-date=April 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423061928/http://www.cinemorgue.com/kimchizevsky.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref> {{cite web |url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/30-things-we-learned-from-tarsem-singhs-the-cell-commentary-fb70da71d945/ |title=30 Things We Learned From Tarsem Singh's 'The Cell' Commentary |last=Hunter |first=Rob |date=July 6, 2015 |orig-year=First published July 6, 2015 |editor-link= |website=Film School Rejects |agency=Film School Rejects |no-pp=y |language=English |type=Article. |access-date=14 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113092916/https://filmschoolrejects.com/30-things-we-learned-from-tarsem-singhs-the-cell-commentary-fb70da71d945/ |archive-date=13 January 2021 |quote=... The character of the dream-world female body builder was originally listed in the script simply as “helper,” so Tarsem asked the production designer what disturbs him. “Those women that work out,” was the reply, so they added her in. They soon realized that female body builders have tiny breasts though, and he was concerned viewers might think she was a man in drag so they gave her prosthetics. ... }}</ref>
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==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070227212636/http://www.kimchizevsky.com/ Official web site] * {{IMDb name|name=Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls|id=0158495}}
{{s-start}} | colspan = 3 align = center | '''Ms. Olympia''' |- | width = 30% align = center | Preceded by:<br />'''Lenda Murray''' | width = 40% align = center | First (1996) | width = 30% align = center | Succeeded by:<br />'''Herself''' |- | width = 30% align = center | Preceded by:<br />'''Herself''' | width = 40% align = center | Second (1997) | width = 30% align = center | Succeeded by:<br />'''Herself''' |- | width = 30% align = center | Preceded by:<br />'''Herself''' | width = 40% align = center | Third (1998) | width = 30% align = center | Succeeded by:<br />'''Herself''' |- | width = 30% align = center | Preceded by:<br />'''Herself''' | width = 40% align = center | Fourth (1999) | width = 30% align = center | Succeeded by:<br />'''Juliette Bergmann''' {{s-end}}
{{s-start}} | colspan = 3 align = center | '''Ms. International''' |- | width = 30% align = center | Preceded by:<br />'''Anja Schreiner''' | width = 40% align = center | First (1993) | width = 30% align = center | Succeeded by:<br />'''Laura Creavalle''' |- | width = 30% align = center | Preceded by:<br />'''Laura Creavalle''' | width = 40% align = center | Second (1996) | width = 30% align = center | Succeeded by:<br />'''Yolanda Hughes''' {{s-end}}
{{Ms. Olympia winners}}
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