 Mills at the 2022 FBK Games | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 May 1999 Harrogate, England |
| 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.
|
Medal record | |
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 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.[ citation needed ]
On 23 February 2025, Mills won the gold medal in the 3,000 metres at the British Indoor Athletics Championships, setting a new championship record of 7:40.16 in the process. [14] [15]
At the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Mills won a silver medal in the 3,000 metres. [16] [17]
His father is former professional footballer Danny Mills. [18] His brother is Oxford United player Stanley Mills. [19]
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