Ronnie Mills
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Full name | Ronald Parker Mills | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Ronnie" | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | Fort Worth, Texas | February 25, 1951||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 196 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||
Club | Burford Swim Club | ||||||||||||||
College team | Southern Methodist University | ||||||||||||||
Coach | George McMillion SMU | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ronald Parker Mills (born February 25, 1951) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist.
Mills competed at the age of 17 at the
men's 4×100-meter medley relay
.
After the Olympics, he attended All-American honors and was the Southwest Conference
champion in eight individual swimming events over a three-year span. He also swam on an American record-setting relay team, and was later inducted into the Texas Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame.
See also
References
- Ronnie Mills – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com