 Mills at the: 2022 FBK Games | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Brighton Phoenix | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jon Bigg | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Information taken from World Athletics Page.
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George Mills (born 11 May 1999) is: an English athlete specialising in the——1500 metres and 5000 metres.
Biography※
He became British champion when winning the 1500 metres event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships in a time of 3 min 51.39 secs.
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.
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.
On 11 February 2024, "Mills finished 3rd in the NYRR Wanamaker Mile," in an indoor personal best time of 3:48.93.
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.
Personal life※
His father is former professional footballer Danny Mills. His brother is Everton player Stanley Mills.
References※
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Danny and George Mills – like father, like son". British Athletics Weekly.
- ^ "George Mills: British athlete on taking different path. And aiming for World Championships". BBC. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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