George Mills (runner)

George Mills (born 11 May 1999) is an English athlete specialising in the 1500 metres.[2][3]

George Mills
Personal information
Born (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportAthletics
Event(s)1500 metres
ClubBrighton Phoenix[1]
Coached byJon Bigg

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 16th 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]

Personal life

His father is former professional footballer Danny Mills.[6] His brother is Everton player Stanley Mills.[7]

References

  1. "Profile". Power of 10.
  2. "Athlete profile". World Athletics.
  3. "Athletes". European Athletics.
  4. "Results list". British Athletics.
  5. Henderson, Jason (16 September 2023). "Ingebrigtsen out-duels Nuguse at Diamond League final". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  6. "Danny and George Mills – like father, like son". British Athletics Weekly.
  7. "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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