Paul Nihill
Vincent Paul Nihill (5 September 1939 – 15 December 2020) was a British race walker.[1] He competed in the 50 km event at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1964.[2]
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Born | Colchester, Essex, England | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., Expression error: Unrecognized word "september".Expression error: Unrecognized word "september".|||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 December 2020 Gillingham, Kent, England | (aged 81)|||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Race walking | |||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Surrey Walking Club Croydon and Medway | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 1:24:50 (20 km, 1972) 4:11:31 (50 km, 1964) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nihill died of COVID-19 on 15 December 2020 in Gillingham, Kent at the age of 81.[3]
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athletics at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paul Nihill". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ↑ "Race walking legend Paul Nihill dies". AW. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.