George Mills (athlete)

George Mills
	Mills at the 2022 FBK Games
Personal information
Born	11 May 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Athletics
Event	1500 metres
Club	Brighton Phoenix
Coached by	Jon Bigg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Information taken from World Athletics Page. Outdoors; 400 metres: 49.09 (Middlesbrough 2015); 800 metres: 1:46.68 (Manchester 2021); 1500 metres: 3:30.95 (Zürich 2023); Mile: 3:47.65 (Eugene 2023); 5000 m: 13:18.33 (Montesson 2023); Indoors; 600 m: 1:18.84i (Manchester 2020); 800 m: 1:47.30i (Erfurt 2023); 1500 m: 3:35.88i (Karlsruhe 2023); Mile: 3:48.93 (New York 2024); 5000 m: 12:58.68i (Boston 2024); Road; 10 kilometres: 29:32 (Telford 2021);
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing Great Britain
European Championships

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]

Personal life

His father is former professional footballer Danny Mills.^[9] His brother is Everton player Stanley Mills.^[10]

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.
^ "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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[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] "Track Scoreboard". live.lancertiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[7] "Athletics track & combined events at Paris 2024: The entry standards".

[8] "Results". results.nyrrmillrosegames.org. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

[9] "Danny and George Mills – like father, like son". British Athletics Weekly.

[10] "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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