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Jan 27, 2024 · Jan. 26—MITCHELL — Fifty-nine years after his running triumphs helped heal his "broken soul," Billy Mills dreams of mending the soul of a broken nation. During the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, the ...
May 28, 2010 · Billy now works with his charity, Running Strong for American Indian Youth, and speaks to groups throughout the world about the lessons he has learned from his incredible life. He is happily married to his wife of 48 years, Pat Mills. Take The Magic Step® writer Duncan Larkin spoke with the man who beat all the odds.
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He now had world records in his sights. The year after the Games, Mills set US records for the 10,000m (28:17.6) and three-mile run, and posted a personal best of 13:41.4 in the 5,000 metres. He and Gerry Lindgren broke the world record in the six-mile run (27:11.6) when they finished in a dead heat at the AAU Championships.
Mills is now able to look back on his performance in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as a message of perseverance and global unity. Billy Mills is a Native America, a U.S. Marine, and an Olympic gold medalist.
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10,000 m. William Mervin Mills (born June 30, 1938), also known by his Oglala Lakota name Tamakhóčhe Theȟíla, is an American Oglala Lakota former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 10,000 metre run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
- 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
- 68 kg (150 lb)
- Tamakhóčhe Theȟíla
- Oglala Sioux Tribe, American
Tokyo 1964 gold medallist Billy Mills recalls the secret source of his inspiration. Billy Mills’ win in the 10,000m at Tokyo 1964 was a landmark in the USA’s Olympic history, and he remains the only American to take ... View the Olympic video: Tokyo 1964 gold medallist Billy Mills recalls the secret source of his inspiration.
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Oct 26, 2014 · Longtime U.S. Rep. James Moran (D-Va.) was among those who congratulated Mills for what he had done that day, Oct. 14 in Tokyo, and even more for what he became afterward — the embodiment of a ...
