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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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George Mills (born 11 May 1999) is an English athlete specialising in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. [2] [3]
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. [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]
His father is former professional footballer Danny Mills. [11] His brother is Everton player Stanley Mills. [12]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Harrogate, England | 11 May 1999||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||
Club | Brighton Phoenix [1] | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Jon Bigg | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal bests | Information taken from World Athletics Page.
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Medal record
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George Mills (born 11 May 1999) is an English athlete specialising in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. [2] [3]
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. [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]
His father is former professional footballer Danny Mills. [11] His brother is Everton player Stanley Mills. [12]