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Noel Mills

Mills (bow) and Ross Collinge (seat 2) at the 1971 European Rowing Championships
Personal information
Birth name	Noel Edward Mills
Born	(1944-01-13)13 January 1944 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	8 December 2004 (2004-12-09) (aged 60)
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Whakatane Rowing Club
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Men's rowing Summer Olympics 1972 Munich Coxless four World Rowing Championships 1978 Karapiro Eight European Rowing Championships 1973 Moscow Coxless pair

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. 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. 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. He won a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 1978 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro, New Zealand. 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.

References

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "Noel Mills". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
3. 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.
4. "(M2-) Men's Pair - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
5. "(M8+) Men's Eight - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

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