Leonard Myles-Mills

Leonard Myles-Mills (born May 9 1973) is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.

He has won a gold medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games, a silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal at the 1998 African Championships. In 1999 he set a new African indoor record in 60 metres with 6.45 seconds. [ [http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/gender=M/location=I/recordsType=AR/eventCatCode=/junior=N/area=AFR/index.html African indoor records] - IAAF] His personal best over 100 metres is 9.98 seconds, a Ghanaian record. [ [http://www.gbrathletics.net/cm99.htm Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men)] - GBR Athletics]

Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved a third place in the 100 metres, thus securing qualification from his heat in a season's best time. Entering the second round, he managed to qualify through to the semi-final, following a third place in the race and recording a further improvement upon his season's best. He finished the semi-final in sixth place, thus failing to secure qualification to the final.

Myles-Mills also won 2 NCAA 100m championships while running for Brigham Young University.

Myles-Mills is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ["LDS athletes mine Oly 'metals'", "LDS Church News", 2004-08-28.]

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