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{{shortShort description|American athlete (born 1998)}}
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| birth_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], U.S.<ref name=TeamUSA/>
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| collegeteam = [[University of South Dakota]]<br>[[Park Hill High School]] '16
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'''Chris Nilsen''' (born January 13, 1998) is an American Olympic athlete specialising in [[pole vault]] and [[high jump]].
'''Christopher Nilsen''' (born January 13, 1998) is an American athlete specialising in [[pole vault]] and [[high jump]]. He won the silver medal at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault|pole vault]] event with a jump of {{convert|5.97|m|ftin|abbr=on}}.
 
==High school==
Nilsen graduated from [[Park Hill High School]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/sports/high-school/article131023884.html |title=Watch: Former Park Hill athlete Chris Nilsen claims No. 1 pole vault in NCAA |publisher=[[Kansascity.com]] |date=February 6, 2017 |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> Nilsen was raised in hometown of [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. Nilsen set the [[List of United States high school national records in track and field|United States high school record]] in the pole vault at the Missouri Class 5 sectional meet with a clearance of 18-4 3/4 ({{convert|5.61 |m)|ftin|abbr=on}}.
 
Nilsen won 2016 [[Kansas Relays]] pole vault.
 
==NCAA==
Nilsen attendsattended the [[University of South Dakota]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goyotes.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8686 |title=Chris Nilsen University of South Dakota Track and Field 2017 Profile |publisher=[[South Dakota Coyotes]] |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref>
 
Nilsen is a 6six-time [[NCAA Division I]] [[All-America|First Team All-American]], and a 3 three-time [[NCAA Division I|NCAA]] [[Track and field]] [[Pole vault]] champion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6116135/South_Dakota/Chris_Nilsen.html |title=CHRIS NILSEN SOUTH DAKOTA Track and Field Results |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> Nilsen holds [[South Dakota Coyotes]] school records in the Pole vault indoor {{convert|5.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and outdoor {{convert|5.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goyotes.com/sports/2015/3/9/tracktop10.aspx |title=South Dakota Coyotes Track and Field Records |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref>
 
Nilsen set [[List of North, Central American and Caribbean junior records in athletics|American & NACAC outdoor pole vault U-20 record]] {{convert|5.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and [[List of North, Central American and Caribbean junior records in athletics#Men 2|American & NACAC indoor pole vault U-20 record]] {{convert|5.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}.
 
Nilsen honored as 2017 Summit League Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and 2017 Summit League Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year. Nilsen honored on the[[The Bowerman]] Watch List throughout the 2017 outdoor season.
 
Nilsen won 2018 [[Texas Relays]] clearing {{convert|5.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, later battled [[Sam Kendricks]] at 2018 [[Drake Relays]] where he cleared {{convert|5.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and described the competition in [[Des Moines, Iowa]] to [[Sioux City Journal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/track-and-field/college/south-dakota-s-chris-nilsen-continues-to-impress/article_07520407-d8c8-5257-a4da-41289e61434f.html |title=South Dakota's Chris Nilsen continues to impress |author=JEFF BUDLONG |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref>
 
Nilsen placed second at [[2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships]] and won the pole vault title in an [[NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Event_recordsEvent records|NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships meet record]] at [[2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]].
 
Nilsen won [[Summit League]] student-athlete of the week honors for the 9th time in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports-briefs/article_34701879-3b58-56b5-85a2-a79ff4df195e.html |title=South Dakota junior Chris Nilsen has been named the Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week |access-date=June 5, 2019}}</ref> [[University of South Dakota’sDakota|South Dakota]]’s Chris Nilsen captured the men’s most outstanding performer of the championship accolade after capturing his third consecutive league pole vault title with a meet record vault of 19-0.75 ({{convert|5.81m)81|m|ftin|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kvrr.com/2019/05/10/ndsu-men-women-sweep-summit-league-track-field-championships/ |title=NDSU Men, Women Sweep Summit League Track & Field Championships |work=[[KVRR-TV]] |access-date=June 5, 2019}}</ref>
 
Nilsen jumped ana then indoor personal best of {{convert|5.93 meters|m|ftin|abbr=on}} at the Devaney Sports Complex onin February, 2020. This jump represented an [[List of United States collegiate records in track and field|Indoor NCAA Collegiate record]], previously held by [[LSU Tigers track and field|LSU]] Freshman, [[Mondo Duplantis]], which stood until in February 2021 [[KC Lightfoot]] cleared {{convert|6.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}}.
 
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! colspan="6" | Representing [[South Dakota Coyotes]]
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! School Year !! [[Summit League]]<br>[[Indoor track and field]]<br>Championships !! [[NCAA Division 1]]<br>[[Indoor track and field]]<br>Championships !! [[Summit League]]<br>[[Outdoor Track and Field]]<br>Championships !! [[NCAA Division 1]]<br>[[Outdoor Track and Field]]<br>Championships
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| 2017 Freshman|| bgcolor="gold"| Pole Vault 1st, <br>{{convert|5.63|m|ftin|abbr=on}} ||bgcolor="gold"|[[2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|Pole Vault 1st, <br>{{convert|5.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}]] ||bgcolor="gold"| Pole Vault 1st, <br>{{convert|5.51|m|ftin|abbr=on}} || bgcolor=cc9905|[[2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|Pole Vault 3rd, <br>{{convert|5.45|m|ftin|abbr=on}}]]
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| rowspan=2|2018 Sophomore ||bgcolor="silver"| Pole Vault 2nd, <br>{{convert|5.20|m|ftin|abbr=on}} || bgcolor=silver|[[2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|Pole Vault 2nd, <br>{{convert|5.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}}]] ||bgcolor="gold"| Pole Vault 1st, <br>{{convert|5.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} || bgcolor="gold"|[[2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|Pole Vault 1st, <br>{{convert|5.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}]] CR<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/track-field/results/d1/outdoor18/Finals/014-1-01.htm |title=Men Pole vault Final NCAA Division I Championships Historic Hayward Field --&ndash; Eugene, OR - June 6, 2018 |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|High Jump 6th,<br>{{convert|2.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} || ||High Jump 10th,<br>{{convert|1.96|m|ftin|abbr=on}} ||
|-
| 2019 Junior|| bgcolor="gold"| Pole Vault 1st, <br>{{convert|5.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} ||bgcolor="silver"|[[2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|Pole Vault 2nd, <br>{{convert|5.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}]] ||bgcolor="gold"| Pole Vault 1st, <br>{{convert|5.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}} || bgcolor=gold|[[2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|Pole Vault 1st, <br>{{convert|5.95|m|ftin|abbr=on}}]] MR
|-
| rowspan=2|2020 Senior ||bgcolor="gold"| Pole Vault 1st, <br>{{convert|5.51|m|ftin|abbr=on}} || || ||
|-
|High Jump 6th,<br>{{convert|2.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} || || ||
|-
|}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6116135/South_Dakota/Chris_Nilsen.html |title=Chris Nilsen Track and Field results from South Dakota and professional championships |access-date=June 6, 2018}} TFRRS</ref>
 
==ProfessionalInternational==
Nilsen began competing for [[South Dakota Coyotes]] and in [[Vermillion, South Dakota]] under coach [[Derek Miles]] in Fall 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goyotes.com/coaches.aspx?rc=865&path=track |title=South Dakota Coyotes 2018 Track and Field Coach Derek Miles |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref>
 
In London at [[2017 World Championships in Athletics]], Nilsen cleared {{convert|5.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}} in the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|Pole Vault]] to place 13th.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tfrrs.org/results/52018_3202620.html?athlete_hnd=6116135 |title=16th IAAF World Championships August 4 - August 13, 2017 - London Stadium - London, UK |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref>
 
Nilsen won gold in the pole vault at the [[Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault#Final|2019 Pan Am Games]] in [[Lima, Peru]] after clearing {{convert|5.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}.
 
Nilsen began his professional career as a Nike sponsored athlete in July, 2020. He is currently working with his agent Karen Locke.
 
On June 21, 2021, Nilsen was the only pole vaulter to clear {{convert|5.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}} at the 2020 Olympic Trials, cementing his first place win and getting him a spot on the Olympic team, alongside [[Sam Kendricks]] and [[KC Lightfoot]]. He won the [[List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)#Pole vault|silver medal]] at the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|Olympic games]] in [[Tokyo]] with a jump of {{convert|5.97|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, improving his personal best by two centimeters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/athletics-swedens-duplantis-soars-pole-vault-gold-2021-08-03/|title=Athletics-Sweden's Duplantis soars to pole vault gold|date=3 August 2021|website=Reuters|accessdate=3 August 2021}}</ref> Nilsen was full of praise for the winner, [[Armand Duplantis]]. He compared the competition against Duplantis that evening as being a regular [[Association football|footballer]] "trying to emulate [[Lionel Messi]] or [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]" and that his superiority over the world's best pole vaulters was "impressive and ridiculous".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/os-2021/slar-tillbaka-mot-hatet-mondos-basta-beslut/|title=Christopher Nilsen slår tillbaka mot hatet mot Armand Duplantis|language=sv|publisher=[[Expressen]]|date=3 August 2021|accessdate=3 August 2021}}</ref>
On June 21, 2021, Nilsen was the only pole vaulter to clear 5.90 m at the 2020 Olympic Trials, cementing his first place win and getting him a spot on the Olympic team, alongside [[Sam Kendricks]] and [[KC Lightfoot]].
 
Nilsen jumped an indoor [[List of North American records in athletics#Men 2|North American Record]] of {{convert|6.02|m|ftin|abbr=on}} on 5 February 2022 at Golden Pole Vault Special Meeting in Tourcoing, France.<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/university-south-dakota-alumnus-chris-174802646.html University of South Dakota alumnus Chris Nilsen breaks American indoor pole vault record] [[Yahoo]] Michael McCleary, [[Sioux Falls Argus Leader]]</ref>
 
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|[[Hayward Field]]
[[Hayward Field|Eugene, Oregon]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|{{convert|5.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|5.90 m (19 ft 4 in)
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|2018 ||[[2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] || [[Pole vault]] || [[Drake Stadium (Drake University)]] || bgcolor=silver|2nd || {{convert|5.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tfrrs.org/results/2018_USATF_Championships/Men_Pole_Vault/57132_3517317.html |title=2018 USATF Championships Male Pole Vault Results - 6/21/2018 to 6/24/2018 |access-date=July 10, 2018}}</ref>
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Chris Nilsen}}
* {{IAAF|307035}}
* {{World Athletics|name=Christopher Nilsen}}
* {{USATF|new_id=chris-nilsen}}
* {{Team USA|new_id=chris-nilsen-1139041|old_id=NI/Chris-Nilsen|archive=20220711214553}}
* {{Olympedia|147316}}
* {{Olympics.com|christopher-nilsen|Christopher Nilsen}}
* [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/christopher-nilsen_1965211 Christopher Nilsen] at the [[Paris 2024 Summer Olympics]]
* {{2019 Pan American Games profile|athletics/athlete-profile-n1140363-nilsen-christopher|Christopher Nilsen}}
 
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