Answer the following question: Facts: - sport: athletics - event: 100 m , 200 m - pb: 100 m -- 11.0 -lrb- 1923/24 -rrb- - caption: william nichol in 1923 - club: highgate harriers - birth date: 1901 - name: william nichol - image: william nichol 1923.jpg - birth place: newcastle upon tyne , england Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william nichol -lrb- athlete -rrb- .
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william peter nichol -lrb- born 1901 , date of death unknown -rrb- was an english sprinter who competed at the 1924 summer olympics .he won a silver medal in the 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 .nichol placed second-third in the 100 yd and 220 yd events at the amateur athletic association of england -lrb- aaa -rrb- championships of 1923 -- 24 .in the 1923 100 yd final he was second to eric liddell , who set a new british record at 9.7 seconds .in 1926 nichol became the first honorary secretary on the formation of nottinghamshire aaa .