John Myles-Mills
Appearance
John Myles-Mills (born April 19, 1966) is a retired Ghanaian athlete who competed in the 100 and 200 metres. He represented Ghana at the Olympics in 1988 and 1992, being the country's flagbearer on both occasions. He also ran in the national relay team at both the 1987 and 1991 World Championships in Athletics. His teammates included Eric Akogyiram, Salaam Gariba and Emmanuel Tuffour, as well as Nelson Boateng on the Olympic team.
His younger brother Leonard Myles-Mills was also a sprint athlete.[1]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Ghana | |||||
1987 | All-Africa Games | Nairobi, Kenya | 2nd | 200 m | 20.94 |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 7th (semis) | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.94 | |
1988 | African Championships | Annaba, Algeria | 1st | 100 m | 10.25 |
Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 8th (semis) | 100 m | 10.43 | |
6th (q-finals) | 200 m | 20.95 | |||
5th (semis) | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.46 | |||
1989 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | 60 m | 6.59 |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 7th (heats) | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.55 |
1992 | African Championships | Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius | 3rd | 200 m | 21.31 |
Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 5th (q-finals) | 100 m | 10.41 | |
6th (semis) | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.28 | |||
IAAF World Cup | Havana, Cuba | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.08 |
References
- ^ Leonard Myles-Mills Staff Bio | Men's Track Assistant Coach. BYU Cougars. Retrieved on 2015-07-14.
- John Myles-Mills at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Myles-Mills". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-11.
Categories:
- Alumni of the Accra Academy
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian male sprinters
- Olympic athletes of Ghana
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Ghana
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- African Games silver medalists for Ghana
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games
- Ghanaian athletics biography stubs