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Holly Mills is an English long jumper and heptathlete. She finished fourth both in the pentathlon at the 2022 World Indoor Championships and in the heptathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Mills won bronze medals for the heptathlon at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships and for the long jump at the 2019 European U20 Championships.

She was the long jump 2016 European U18 and 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games champion.^[1] In 2020, she won the British national pentathlon title.

Mills comes from Andover, Hampshire and competes for Andover Athletics Club. She started athletics at the age of eight. At 14, she won several titles at the School and National competitions.^[2]

Statistics

Personal bests

• Heptathlon – 6260 pts (Götzis 2022)
  • 100 metres hurdles – 13.21 (-1.1 m/s, Lana 2021)
  • 200 metres – 24.13 (+1.7 m/s, Mannheim 2019)
  • 800 metres – 2:08.07 (Götzis 2022)
  • High jump – 1.85 (Arona 2021)
  • Long jump – 6.51 (+0.6 m/s, Mannheim 2019)
  • Shot put – 13.78 (London 2021)
  • Javelin throw – 39.07 (Götzis 2022)

Indoors

• Pentathlon – 4673 pts (Belgrade 2022)
  • 60 metres hurdles – 8.15 (Belgrade 2022)
  • 800 metres – 2:09.97 (Belgrade 2022)
  • High jump – 1.77 (Istanbul 2023)
  • Long jump – 6.37 (Tallinn 2022)
  • Shot put – 14.03 (Manchester 2021)
  • Long jump – 5.85m (European Indoor Championships 2023)

National titles

• British Indoor Athletics Championships
  • Pentathlon: 2020

2023 Performances

Mills competed in the European Indoor Championships in 2023, delivering strong performances particularly in the pentathlon events. She set a season's best in the 60m hurdles, clocking 8.34 seconds, the fourth fastest time in the competition, and achieved a personal indoor best in the high jump, clearing 1.77m.^[3] Her consistent participation in various international events throughout the year highlighted her growing stature in the world of athletics.^[4]

References and notes

External links

• Holly Mills at World Athletics
• Holly Mills at ThePowerOf10.info