Derek Mills is the holder of three major gold medals in international competition. He ran on winning USA teams in the 4x400 relay at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships as well as his 1996 Olympic gold medal. Mills attended Georgia Tech, where he won the 1994 open 400 at the NCAAs, after finishing third in 1992 and 1993. Mills major win internationally in the open 400 came at the 1994 Grand Prix Final. He was world ranked #2 in 1994, and #3 in 1995, winning the New York Games and the Prefontaine Classic that year. Mills later coached track at Tulane University, and settled in New Orleans. While at Tulane he obtained a combined JD / MBA degree.
Personal Best: 400 – 44.13 (1995).
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