Hannah Mills

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 at events around the world. In 2022, Mills and Sir Ben Ainslie launched Athena Pathway, a programme to help fast-track development for female and youth sailors. Athena Pathway has a team competing in the first ever Women’s America’s Cup, helmed by Mills, and has also put together the British Youth Team that will battle to retain the Youth America’s Cup after winning it at the last event in Bermuda in 2017.

  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.