Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing United States | ||
Women's Artistic Gymnastics | ||
1988 Seoul | Balance beam |
Phoebe Mills (born November 2, 1972 in Northfield, Illinois, U.S.) is an American attorney and Olympic Medalist who has been active in the sports of artistic gymnastics, diving, speed skating and snowboarding.
Before becoming a gymnast, Mills was a record-holding competitive speed skater. Her brother, Nathaniel Mills, competed in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics, the 1994 Winter Olympics, and the 1998 Winter Olympics, and her sister Jessica Mills won the 1989 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
She is a 2004 graduate of Vermont Law School, with a degree in environmental law.
Following her graduation from Law School, she owned her own small environmental law firm near Londonderry, Vermont.
She currently resides in California directing Woodward at Tahoe. She is married and has a young daughter.
Mills was coached by Marta and Béla Károlyi in Houston, Texas. She attended her first U.S. Nationals in 1984, finishing eighth in the junior division. While Mills was sometimes overshadowed in the media by her teammate Kristie Phillips, she developed a reputation as a steady, consistent competitor in national and international meets, placing third at the 1985 City of Popes competition and second at the 1986 U.S. Olympic Festival and U.S. Nationals (junior division). In 1987 she attended her first and only World Gymnastics Championships as a member of the sixth-place American team.