 Mills at the 2022 FBK Games | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 May 1999 Harrogate, England | ||||||||||||||
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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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George Mills (born 11 May 1999) is an English athlete specialising in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]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 hit 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]
At the 2024 European Athletics Championships Mills won a silver medal in the 5000m behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen.[9]
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.[10][11]
Mills got knocked out of the 1500m semi-finals. In the 5000m heats, George was involved in a collision, which led to a heated argument with Hugo Hay, as George felt he had caused the collision. George along with the other 3 fallers advanced to the final after it was reviewed.[12][13] In the final, Mills finished in 21st place.
Personal life
[edit]His father is former professional footballer Danny Mills.[14] His brother is Everton player Stanley Mills.[15]
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.
- ^ Poole, Harry (8 June 2024). "Mills & Glave earn GB's first medals as Jacobs wins 100m". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad". BBC Sport. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "George Mills | Team GB". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "GB's George Mills reinstated in 5,000m after heated exchange with France's Hay | Paris Olympic Games 2024 | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Rathborn, Jack (7 August 2024). "'He took me out!': George Mills rages after collision in chaotic 5000m". The Independent. Retrieved 2 October 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.
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