George Williams (1935 – 24 December 2016) was a British racewalking athlete. A top walker of his generation, he won the bronze medal in the

20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic Games, Olympic athletics (sport), athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supp ...

at the inaugural

1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, on October 15–16, 1961. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy. Complete results were published. Medallists Results Men's 20 km Men's 50 km Team From th ...

. He was one of three Britons to medal at the event, the others being Ken Matthews and Don Thompson – both went on to win Olympic titles. He retired from the sport in his twenties, though

Paul Nihill Vincent Paul Nihill MBE (5 September 1939 – 15 December 2020) was a British race walker. Biography He 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 a ...

(an Olympic and European medallist) credited Williams with his successful approach to training methods in the developing sport. Williams published an autobiography, ''Run, Rabbit, Run, Rabbit, Run, Run, Run'', in 2010 covering his sporting exploits. He died on 24 December at the age of 81.Obituary: Former international race walker and Bournemouth postman George Williams
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