Background
She was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
She was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
Nichols represented the United States at the She placed 19th in the women"s individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 638. In the first round of elimination, she faced 46th-ranked Puspitasari Rina Dewi of Indonesia. Nichols defeated Puspitasari 160-141 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32.
In that round, she faced 14th-ranked Ukrainian archer Tetyana Berezhna.
She then lost to 3rd-ranked Yun Mi Jin of of Korea 168-162, finishing 9th in women"s individual archery. She has been featured in Vogue Magazine.
At the in Beijing Nichols finished her ranking round with a total of 637 points. This gave her the 24th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Ika Yuliana Rochmawati in the first round, beating the archer from Indonesia with 114-101.
In the second round she came close, but was unable to upset 9th seed Nami Hayakawa and lost the match with 105-103.
At the in London Nichols lost out to Bishindi Urantagula of Mongolia in the round of sixteen.