John Mills (swimmer)

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John Mills
Personal information
Born (1953-03-28) 28 March 1953 (age 71)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1978 West Berlin 4×100 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1977 Jönköping 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1977 Jönköping 4×100 m medley
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
British Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1978 Montreal 100 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1978 Montreal 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1970 Edinburgh 4×200 m freestyle

John Maurice Mills (born 28 March 1953) is a retired British international swimmer.

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Swimming career

He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1]

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [2] [3] Eight years later he won double silver in the 100 metres butterfly and the 4 x 100m medley relay, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Montreal, Canada. [4] He also won the ASA National Championship title in the 100 metres butterfly (1972, 1976, 1977, 1978) and the 1971 title in the 200 metres butterfly. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] He also won the 1971 ASA British National 1500 metres freestyle title. [10]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Mills Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. "Fox, Norman. "Medal not beyond Cunningham." Times, 14 July 1972, p. 11". Times Digital Archive.
  6. ""Record holder loses to 16-year-old." Times, 27 Aug. 1976, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
  7. ""Swimming." Times, 22 July 1977, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  8. "Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 29 May 1978, p. 12". Times Digital Archive.
  9. "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 7 Aug. 1971, p. 14". Times Digital Archive.
  10. "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1971, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.