Bill Nieder

William Henry Nieder (August 10, 1933 – October 7, 2022) was an American athlete who mainly competed shot put winning gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics and silver medal in the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Nieder was born in Hempstead, New York, and grew up in Lawrence, Kansas.

Bill competed in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. He was married to his wife Sue at the time and had a daughter Connie of about one year of age. At those Games he won a silver medal, losing to Parry O'Brien. Four years later, he placed fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials, and was selected to the national team only after Dave Davis withdrew due to an injury. At the Olympics Nieder won a gold medal with a throw of 19.68 m. The mark set a new Olympic record and was an improvement of 5 feet from his mark 4 years earlier. Parry O'Brien had also improved over that time but was almost 2 feet behind Nieder.