George Mills (runner)
British middle-distance runner (born 1999)
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George Mills (born 12 May 1999) is an English athlete specialising in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres.[2][3] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Mills in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 12 May 1999 Harrogate, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 1500 metres |
| Club | Brighton Phoenix[1] |
| Coached by | Jon Bigg |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | Information taken from World Athletics Page.
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Medal record | |
Biography
Mills 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 5000 m 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 5000 m 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 1500 m semi-finals. In the 5000 m 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 3000 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 3000 metres.[16][17]
On 12 June 2025, he set a new British record for the 5000 metres, running 12:46.59 as he finished in fourth place in the Diamond League event at the Bislett Games in Oslo.[18][19]
Personal life
His father is former professional footballer Danny Mills.[20] His brother is Oxford United player Stanley Mills.[21]
Statistics
| Grand Slam Track results[22] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slam | Race group | Event | Pl. | Time | Prize money |
| 2025 Miami Slam | Long distance | 3000 m | 3rd | 8:17.77 | US$25,000 |
| 5000 m | 7th | 13:52.11 | |||