Derek Mills
Derek Mills (born July 9, 1972) is a former American sprinter. He was a 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4×400 meter relay for the United States. He has a career best of 44.13 in the 400 m. After going to college at Georgia Tech in Atlanta and winning the 1994 NCAA Championship in the 400 m at Boise, Idaho, Mills ran to a #2 World Ranking behind Michael Johnson—breaking 45.00 seven times that year.
A native of Washington, D.C., Mills attended DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.
Mills received his juris doctor from Tulane University Law School and his MBA from the Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in 2006. He is currently an assistant track and field coach at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1]
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- 1912
Sheppard, Lindberg, Meredith, Reidpath (USA)
- 1920
Griffiths, Lindsay, Ainsworth-Davis, Butler (GBR)
- 1924
Cochran, Helffrich, MacDonald, Stevenson (USA)
- 1928
Baird, Spencer, Alderman, Barbuti (USA)
- 1932
Fuqua, Ablowich, Warner, Carr (USA)
- 1936
Wolff, Rampling, Roberts, Brown (GBR)
- 1948
Harnden, Bourland, Cochran, Whitfield (USA)
- 1952
Wint, Laing, McKenley, Rhoden (JAM)
- 1956
Jenkins, Jones, Mashburn, Courtney (USA)
- 1960
Yerman, Young, G. Davis, O. Davis (USA)
- 1964
Cassell, Larrabee, Williams, Carr (USA)
- 1968
Matthews, Freeman, James, Evans (USA)
- 1972
Asati, Nyamau, Ouko, Sang (KEN)
- 1976
Frazier, Brown, Newhouse, Parks (USA)
- 1980
Valiulis, Linge, Chernetskiy, Markin (URS)
- 1984
Nix, Armstead, Babers, McKay (USA)
- 1988
Everett, Lewis, Robinzine, Reynolds, McKay, Valmon (USA)
- 1992
Valmon, Watts, Johnson, Lewis, Hall, Jenkins (USA)
- 1996
Smith, Harrison, Mills, Maybank, Rouser (USA)
- 2000
Chukwu, Monye, Bada, Udo-Obong, Awazie, Gadzama (NGR)
- 2004
Harris, Brew, Wariner, Williamson, Rock, Willie (USA)
- 2008
Merritt, Taylor, Neville, Wariner, Clement, Witherspoon (USA)
- 2012
Brown, Pinder, Mathieu, Miller (BAH)
- 2016
Hall, McQuay, Roberts, Merritt, Clemons, Verburg (USA)
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- 1983: Soviet Union
- 1987: United States
- 1991: Great Britain
- 1993 & 1995: United States
- 1997: Great Britain
- 1999: Poland
- 2001: Bahamas
- 2003: France
- 2005–2015: United States
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