2004 Olympic Trials champion; 4th at 2004 Olympic Games; 2004 USA Indoor champion; 2003 USA Outdoor champion; 2001 USA Indoor runner-up; 3-time NCAA All-American; 2003 Pan Am Games silver medallist.

Nieto enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2003 with his win at the U.S. Outdoor Championships. He’s only gotten better, winning the 2004 Olympic Trials and taking fourth at the Olympic Games in Athens, with a personal best clearance of 2.34m/7-8. Ranked among the top 10 U.S. jumpers since 1998, Nieto had never been ranked higher than 4th – or finished higher than 4th at the USA Outdoor Championships – before winning the 2003 national title, his first national crown on any level. In 2003, he equaled his then personal best of 2.30m/7-6.5 on three occasions – at the USA Championships, in Madrid and at Eberstadt, Germany…also in 2003 Nieto posted six of the top eight clearances by an American that season…Nieto had found success on the college level, three times earning All-America honors, but his brightest days are ahead of him … moved to Chula Vista to live at the ARCO Olympic Training Center … Nieto is coached by Cliff Rovelto of Kansas State, and he also works with Joe Radan, whom he calls his “mentor” … earned an Associates of Arts degree, bachelors of Business Administration.

2004: 1st at Olympic Trials (2.33m/7-7.5)…4th at Olympic Games (2.34m/7-8PR)…USA Indoors champion (2.30m/7-6.5)…9th at World Indoors (2.20m/7-2.5)…1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (2.30m/7-6.50)…1st at Weinheim, GER (2.32m/7-7.25)…1st at Sea Ray Relays (2.26m/7-5)… 1st at Adidas Oregon (2.27m/7-5.25)…ranked #4 in world (#1 U.S.)…best of 2.34m/7-8PR.

2003: 1st at USA Outdoors (2.30m/7-6.5)… 7th at World Outdoors (2.29m/7-6)…4th at USA Indoors (2.27m/7-5.25)…Pan Am Games silver medalist (2.28/7-5.75)…3rd at Madrid Super GP (2.30m/7-6.5)…1st at Karlstad, SWE (2.27m/7-5.25)…1st at Otterberg, GER (2.21m/7-3)…1st at Harry Jerome Classic (2.27m/7-5.25)… 3rd at Eberstadt, GER (2.30m/7-6.5)…best of 2.30m/7-6.5…ranked #5 in the world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN.

2002: 4th at USA Outdoors (2.24m/7-4)…7th at US Indoors (2.18m/7-1.75)… 2nd at Karlstad, Sweden (2.28m/7-5.75)…1st at Linz, Austria GPII (2.30m/7-6.5)…ranked 5th in US…best of 2.3m/7-6.5.

2001: 5th at USA Outdoors (2.22m/7-3.25)…U.S. Indoor runner-up (2.22m/7-3.25)…1st at Long Beach USATF Tune-Up (2.27m/7-5.25)… ranked 6th in US…best of 2.27m/7-5.25.

2000: 5th at Olympic Trials (2.22m/7-3.25)…ranked 9th in US…best of 2.23m/7-3.75.

1999: 4th at USA Outdoors 2.25m/7-4.25) … 3rd at NCAA Indoors (2.29m/7-6)…Indoor CCC champ (2.25m/7-4.5)…MAC Indoor champ (2.21m/7-3)… Sea Ray Relays champ (2.27m/7-5.25)…Mt. Sac champ (2.30m/7-6.5)… did not make final of World University Games (2.10m/6-10.75)…ranked 4th in US…best of 2.30m/7-6.5.

1998: 6th at NCAA Outdoors (2.22m/7-3.25)… 7th at USA Championships (2.20m/7-2.5)… 9th at NCAA Indoors (2.22m/7-3.25)…1st at CCC Indoors (2.21m/7-3)… 2nd at MAC Outdoors (2.21m/7-3)… …ranked 10th in US…best of 2.25m/7-4.5.

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