Paul Nihill

Vincent Paul Nihill MBE (5 September 1939 – 15 December 2020) was a British race walker who competed at four Olympic Games.

Biography Nihill competed in the 50 km event at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics, and won a silver medal in 1964. In 1968 he suffered from the high altitude conditions of Mexico and collapsed at the 44th kilometre, After finishing third behind Ken Matthews at the 1963 AAA Championships he would go on to secure his eight titles in 1965 (x2), 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1975.

Nihill became the Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1976. He died at the Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, Kent, on 15 December 2020, after contracting COVID-19 amid the COVID-19 pandemic in England.