Holly Mills
British athlete
Holly Mills (born 15 April 2000) is an English sportswoman. Originally a long jumper and heptathlete, she finished fourth both in the pentathlon at the 2022 World Indoor Championships and in the heptathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Mills won bronze medals for the heptathlon at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships and for the long jump at the 2019 European U20 Championships.
She was the long jump 2016 European U18 and 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games champion. In 2020, she won the British national pentathlon title.
Following a series of major injuries, including a ruptured Achilles tendon, hindered her competitive capabilities, Mills retired from track and field athletics, and transitioned to endurance triathlon, including Ironman distance events.
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