George Mills (born 11 May 1999) is an English athlete specialising in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres.[2][3]
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Born | Harrogate, England | 11 May 1999||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||
Club | Brighton Phoenix[1] | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Jon Bigg | ||||||||||||||
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Personal bests | Information taken from World Athletics Page.
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Biography
editHe became British champion when winning the 1500 metres event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships in a time of 3 min 51.39 secs.[4]
On 16 September 2023 at the Eugene Diamond League meeting, with a third place finish Mills moved to third place on the British all-time list for the mile behind Steve Cram and Sebastian Coe with a time of 3:47.65.[5]
On 26 January 2024, Mills ran a personal best time of 12:58.68 in the indoor 5000m at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic. Mills came in 2nd place in the Scarlet Heat, ahead of Yared Nuguse (13:02.09) and behind Edwin Kurgat of Under Armour (12:57.52). This hits the 2024 Olympic standard of 13:05.00.[6][7]
On 11 February 2024, Mills finished 3rd in the NYRR Wanamaker Mile, in an indoor personal best time of 3:48.93.[8]
After winning the 1500 metres silver medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, Mills was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[9][10]
Personal life
editHis father is former professional footballer Danny Mills.[11] His brother is Everton player Stanley Mills.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Profile". Power of 10.
- ^ "Athlete profile". World Athletics.
- ^ "Athletes". European Athletics.
- ^ "Results list". British Athletics.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (16 September 2023). "Ingebrigtsen out-duels Nuguse at Diamond League final". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Track Scoreboard". live.lancertiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Athletics track & combined events at Paris 2024: The entry standards".
- ^ "Results". results.nyrrmillrosegames.org. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "George Mills | Team GB". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Danny and George Mills – like father, like son". British Athletics Weekly.
- ^ "George Mills: British athlete on taking a different path and aiming for World Championships". BBC. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.