Noel Mills
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| Birth name | Noel Edward Mills[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
13 January 1944 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 December 2004 (aged 60) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Whakatane Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Noel Edward Mills (13 January 1944 – 8 December 2004) was a former 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 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 had a property development company with his son.[2]
Mills died on 8 December 2004.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Noel Mills". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Noel Mills". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "New Zealand Rowing at the 1972 München Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 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.