| Nicholas Scarvelis | |
| Nationality: | Greek-American |
| Residence: | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Height: | 1.86m (06.1feet) |
| Country: | Greece |
| Sport: | Field |
| Event: | Shot put, Discus |
| Collegeteam: | UCLA Bruins |
| Team: | G.S. Trikala |
| Turnedpro: | 2016 |
| Coach: | John Frazier |
| Pb: | 21.05 m NR 20.38 m (i) NR |
| Show-Medals: | no |
Nicholas Scarvelis (born February 2, 1993, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American-born Greek former athlete. He represented Greece at the 2016 Olympics throwing the shot put. Previously he represented the United States at the 2012 World Junior Championships. His sister is Stamatia Skarvelis
Prior to his Olympic experience, he went to Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California. He was the 2011 CIF California State Meet Champion in the shot put throwing a school record .
Next Nicholas Scarvelis threw for UCLA. He was the Pac-12 champion in the shot put three times and the discus once. He finished fourth at the 2016 NCAA Championships. He has the fourth-best shot put mark in UCLA history of .[1] Ahead of him on that list are John Godina, John Brenner and Dave Laut, all medalists at the Olympics or World Championships. His sister Stamatia is also a thrower for Tennessee Volunteers and previously competed for UCLA Bruins.[2] His sister, Stamatia Scarvelis is the 2013 Pan American Junior Shot Put Champion, competing for USA. She has since also switched to compete for Greece.
| Year | NCAA Outdoor | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | bgcolor=gold | Shot put 1st | Shot put 6th | bgcolor=gold | Shot put 1st | Shot put 4th | |
| bgcolor=gold | Discus 1st | Discus 18th | |||||
| 2014-15 | bgcolor=gold | Shot put 1st | Shot put 10th | bgcolor=gold | Shot put 1st | Shot put 15th | |
| Discus 7th | |||||||
| 2013-14 | bgcolor=gold | Shot put 1st | bgcolor=gold | Shot put 1st | Shot put 10th | ||
| Discus 6th | |||||||
| 2012-13 | bgcolor=silver | Shot put 2nd | bgcolor=silver | Shot put 2nd | Shot put 25th |
In early 2020, Scarvelis broke Michalis Stamatogiannis's previous Greek National Indoor Record of 20.36 Greek National Indoor Record, throwing 20.38m in a meet in Iowa City, Iowa.
Scarvelis placed second represented Greece at the 2017 national championship throwing the shot put .[3]
Scarvelis represented Greece at the 2016 Olympics throwing the shot put to place 27th.[4] [5]
Previously he represented the United States at the 2012 World Junior Championships. Nicholas threw at 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put to place 19th.
| Representing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 11th | 19.55 m |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 27th (q) | 19.37 m | |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 11th | 20.11 m |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, UK | 8th | 20.13 m |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 25th (q) | 19.55 m |