What is Paul Nihill?
{{Infobox sportsperson | name = | image = Paul Nihill, Abdon Pamich, Ingvar Pettersson 1964.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Nihill (left) at the 1964 Olympics | birth_date = {{birth-date|5 September 1939}} | birth_place = [[Colchester]], [[Essex]], England | death_date={{death date and age|2020|12|15|1939|9|5|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Gillingham, Kent]], England | height = 1.80 m | weight = 66 kg | sport = [[Race walking]] | club = Surrey Walking Club<br>Croydon and Medway | pb = 1:24:50 (20 km, 1972)<br> 4:11:31 (50 km, 1964) | alma_mater = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]]}} {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalSilver| [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]| [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1969 European Athletics Championships|1969 Athens]] |[[1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1971 European Athletics Championships|1971 Helsinki]] |[[1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]}} }} '''Vincent Paul Nihill''' (5 September 1939 – 15 December 2020) was a [[British people|British]] race walker.<ref name=sr2/> He competed in the 50&nbsp;km event at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1964.<ref name=sr/> Nihill died of [[COVID-19]] on 15 December 2020 in [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]], [[Kent]] at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite web |title=Race walking legend Paul Nihill dies |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/race-walking-legend-paul-nihill-dies-1039938576/ |website=AW |access-date=16 December 2020 |date=16 December 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/paul-nihill-1.html |arch