Hannah Mills

For Hannah Mills the 18th-century Quaker, see Hannah Mills (Quaker).

Hannah Mills
OBE
Personal information
Full nameHannah Louise Mills
NationalityWelsh
Born (1988-02-29) 29 February 1988 (age 36)
Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Optimist, 420, 470
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Great Britain

Graduated from University of Bristol with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Women's 470
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's 470
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Women's 470
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Las Palmas Women's 420
Gold medal – first place 2012 Barcelona Women's 470
Gold medal – first place 2019 Enoshina Women's 470
Silver medal – second place 2011 Perth Women's 470
Silver medal – second place 2015 Haifa Women's 470
Silver medal – second place 2017 Thessaloniki Women's 470
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santander Women's 470
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Aarhus Women's 470
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Gdynia Women's 470
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Athens Women's 470
Silver medal – second place 2019 Sanremo Women’s 470
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vilamoura Women’s 470
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Netherlands Women's 470
Silver medal – second place 2008 Croatia Women's 470
Star Sailors League
Skipper
rank 		Highest:
2 		1 March 2022:
8

Hannah Louise Mills, OBE (born 29 February 1988) is a British competitive sailor and two-time world champion in the Women's 470 class, having won in 2012 and 2019. Mills won a silver medal for Team GB with her crew Saskia Clark in the 2012 Olympics,[1] she followed this up with a gold in the same event at both the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro[2] and, partnered by Eilidh McIntyre, the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.[3]

Mills is currently the on-board strategist for the Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team competing in the SailGP worldwide competition. In 2022, Mills and Ben Ainslie launched Athena Pathway, a programme to help fast-track development for female and youth sailors.[4] The Athena Pathway team competed in the first ever Women’s America’s Cup, helmed by Mills.[5]

  1. ^ "Silver delight for Olympic 2012 sailor Hannah Mills". BBC. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark forced to wait for 470 sailing gold". BBC News. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ^ "GB pair Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre win gold in 470 class". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ Fretter, Helen (4 October 2024). ""This is harder than the Olympics" Britain's Hannah Mills on the Women's America's Cup". Yachting World. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Italy's Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli beat Britain's Athena Pathway to win the inaugural Puig Women's America's Cup". Sailweb. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.