Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2012, i whakataetae a Nichols i te
London Paralympics, i te wā i noho ai te kapa poitūkohu wahine o te United States ki te tuawhā. I mua i te 2014 Paralympic Winter Games i Sochi, Russia, i pakaru a Nichols i nga hononga e toru i a ia e whakangungu ana. Ahakoa tenei wharanga, i taea e ia te whakaora me te whiwhi i te mētara hiriwa i te heke. I te tau 2016, i tiimata a Nichols i te paracanoe i nga Taakaro Paralympic o Rio.