 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Asati atanga kutamba bobsleigh, Minichiello akanga ambokwikwidza pasi pezita rake rokutanga rokuti Gautier kuSheffield Athletic Club mumakwikwi e shot put, javelin uye heptathlon. Nhamba yake yakanakisisa yeupenyu hwose yeheptathlon yaiva 5784 pfungwa, iyo yaakawana muAustria muna 2001. Achikwikwidza mumitambo, akasangana ndokuroora Toni Minichiello, murairidzi weNyika uye weOlympic heptathlon shasha Jessica Ennis. Nicola aibatanidzwa mukurovedza Ennis mukati memakore okutanga aEnnis mumitambo. Apo akanga asiri kutamba bobsled, Minichiello akashanda semudzidzisi weP.E. wenguva isina kuzara uyewo semudzidzisi wemitambo weYouth Sport trust. Zvakaziviswa musi wa10 Nyamavhuvhu 2010 kuti Minichiello acharasikirwa ne2010-11 Bobsleigh World Cup, kusanganisira FIBT World Championships 2011, nemhaka yekukuvara kwebvi. Zvadaro, muna Kubvumbi 2011 Minichiello akazivisa kurega kwake semutyairi uye akatora chinzvimbo semukuru wekusimudzira murairidzi kumutambo wemutambo, iyo International Bobsleigh Skeleton Federation French: Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing. 