Wilfred Nichol
{{Short description|English sprinter (1901–1955)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
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| name = Wilfred Nichol
| image = William Nichol 1923.jpg
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| caption = Wilfred Nichol in 1923
| birth_date = 29 May 1901
| birth_place = Newcastle upon Tyne, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|2|8|1901|5|29|df=yes}}
| death_place = Wakefield, England
| sport = Athletics
| event = 100 m, 200 m
| club = Highgate Harriers
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| pb = 100 m – 11.0 (1923/24)
200 m – 21.9 (1923)[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=9099&Gender=M William Peter Nichol]. trackfield.brinkster.net
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Wilfred Paulin Nichol (29 May 1901 – 8 February 1955) was an English sprinter who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69343 |title=Wilfred Nichol |work=Olympedia |access-date=15 September 2021}}
Career
At the 1924 Olympic Games, he won a silver medal in the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay, together with Harold Abrahams, Walter Rangeley and Lancelot Royle, but failed to reach the finals of the individual 100 m and 200 m events.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/wilfred-nichol-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011720/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/wilfred-nichol-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Wilfred Nichol Bio, Stats, and Results|work=sports-reference.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NICHOWIL01 |title=Olympics Statistics: William Nichol |access-date=2012-10-21 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102101610/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NICHOWIL01 |archive-date=2012-11-02 }}
Nichol placed second and third respectively at the Amateur Athletic Association of England (AAA) championships in the 100 yards and 220 yards events, at the 1923 AAA Championships. In the 100 yards final he was second to Eric Liddell, who set a new British record at 9.7 seconds.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001947/19230707/184/0012 |title=Liddell creates new record |work=Pall Mall Gazette |date=7 July 1923 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 December 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19220703/418/0016 |title=Athletic Championships |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=9 July 1923 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 December 2024 }} The following year at the 1924 AAA Championships, he once again finished second in the 100 yarsds, but this time to Harold Abrahams.{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=8 December 2024 }}
In 1926 Nichol became the first Honorary Secretary on the formation of Nottinghamshire AAA.
References
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{{Footer Great Britain athletics team at the 1924 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:English male sprinters
Category:British male sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Category:Athletes from Newcastle upon Tyne
Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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