Noel Mills Explained

Noel Mills
Birth Name:Noel Edward Mills
Birth Date:13 January 1944
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Height:188cm (74inches)[1]
Sport:Rowing
Club:Whakatane Rowing Club

Noel Edward Mills (13 January 1944 – 8 December 2004) was a New Zealand rower who won an Olympic silver medal at 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.

Mills was born in 1944 in Auckland, New Zealand.[2] He teamed with Dick Tonks, Dudley Storey and Ross Collinge to win the silver medal in the Coxless four at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.[3] In the following year, he won a silver medal at the European Rowing Championships in Moscow, Soviet Union, in the men's pair with Wybo Veldman.[4] He won a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 1978 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro, New Zealand.[5] After retiring from international rowing, Mills coached at his Whakatane Rowing Club for many years. He moved to Brisbane, Australia in the late 1990s and worked in a property development company with his nephew.

Mills died on 8 December 2004.

Notes and References

  1. Noel Mills . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/noel-mills-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 29 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Noel Mills . . 29 September 2016.
  3. New Zealand Rowing at the 1972 München Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181452/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NZL/summer/1972/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 29 September 2016.
  4. Web site: (M2-) Men's Pair - Final . . 29 September 2016.
  5. Web site: (M8+) Men's Eight - Final . . 29 September 2016.