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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  Great Britain World Championships (LC) 1978 West Berlin 4×100 m medley European Championships (LC) 1977 Jönköping 100 m butterfly 1977 Jönköping 4×100 m medley Representing  England British Commonwealth Games 1978 Montreal 100 m butterfly 1978 Montreal 4×100 m medley 1970 Edinburgh 4×200 m freestyle

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

Swimming career

He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. 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. 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. He also won the 1971 ASA British National 1500 metres freestyle title.

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.

External links

• John Mills at World Aquatics
• John Mills at SwimRankings.net
• John Mills at Olympics.com
• John Mills at Team GB
• John Mills at Olympedia

• 1953 births
• Living people
• English male freestyle swimmers
• British male freestyle swimmers
• Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
• Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
• Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
• World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
• English male butterfly swimmers
• British male butterfly swimmers