Nihill, 1964 Olympic 50km race walk silver medallist, dies | NEWS
British race walker Paul Nihill (© Getty Images) World Athletics is deeply saddened by the news that Paul Nihill, the 1964 Olympic silver medallist in the 50km race walk, died on Tuesday (15) from the Coronavirus at a nursing in Kent, England. Nihill, a four-time Olympian and European champion over the 20km distance, was 81. Born in the southeast English town of Colchester in 1939, just days before the outbreak of the second World War, Nihill had a difficult childhood, spending time in an orphanage and in convent care as his mother struggled to provide for her young son. He left school at ...
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