Leonard Myles-Mills

Leonard Myles-Mills

Personal information
Nationality	Ghanaian
Born	(1973-05-09) 9 May 1973 Accra, Ghana
Height	1.75 metres (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kilograms (11 st 0 lb)
Sport
Country	Ghana
Sport	Track and field
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 9.98 sec (1999) 200 m: 20.54 sec (1998)
Medal record Competitor for  Ghana Men's athletics All-Africa Games Gold 1999 Johannesburg 100 m Bronze 2003 Abuja 100 m African Championships in Athletics Bronze 1998 Dakar 100 m[1]

Leonard ("Leo") Myles-Mills (born May 9, 1973 in Accra, Greater Accra Region) is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.

Biography

He has won a gold medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games, a silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal at the 1998 African Championships. In 1999 he set a new African indoor record in 60 metres with 6.45 seconds.^[2] His personal best over 100 metres is 9.98 seconds, a Ghanaian record.^[3]

Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved a third place in the 100 metres, thus securing qualification from his heat in a season's best time. Entering the second round, he managed to qualify through to the semi-final, following a third place in the race and recording a further improvement upon his season's best. He finished the semi-final in sixth place, thus failing to secure qualification to the final.

Myles-Mills also won 2 NCAA 100m championships while running for Brigham Young University.

Myles-Mills is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[4]

Achievements

References

External links

• Leonard Myles-Mills profile at IAAF
• sports-reference