Noel Mills
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 (bow) and Ross Collinge (seat 2) at the 1971 European Rowing Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Noel Edward Mills[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 13 January 1944|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 December 2004 60) | (aged|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Whakatane Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 coxed 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.[2] He moved to Brisbane, Australia in the late 1990s and worked in a property development company with his nephew.[2]
Mills died on 8 December 2004.[1]
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Noel Mills". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- "Noel Mills". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "New Zealand Rowing at the 1972 München Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- "(M2-) Men's Pair - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- "(M8+) Men's Eight - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2016.