Nicholas Scarvelis (born February 2, 1993) 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 Scarvelis.

Prep 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 .

NCAA 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 . 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. 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 MPSF indoor NCAA indoor Pac-12 Outdoor NCAA Outdoor2015-16 Shot put 1st Shot put 6th Shot put 1st Shot put 4th Discus 1st Discus 18th2014-15 Shot put 1st Shot put 10th Shot put 1st Shot put 15th Discus 7th 2013-14 Shot put 1st Shot put 1st Shot put 10th Discus 6th 2012-13 Shot put 2nd Shot put 2nd Shot put 25th

Professional 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 .

Scarvelis represented Greece at the 2016 Olympics throwing the shot put to place 27th.

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.

International competitions Representing 2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands11th19.55 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil27th (q)19.37 m2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany11th 20.11 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, UK8th20.13 m2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States25th (q)19.55 m

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