Phoebe Mills (USA)
"Start thinking about your career plans now, and once you are done competing,
move forward into something else immediately." -- Phoebe Mills
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Photo used with the expressed permission of Gymn Forum
1984 Junior U.S. Championships: 8th AA
1985 American Classic: 2nd AA
1985 U.S. Classic (Jr.): 4th AA
1985 Junior U.S. Championship: 3rd AA
1985 Junior World Invitational: 9th AA
1985 City of the Popes: 3rd AA, 4th UB, 2nd BB
1985 USA vs. France: 1st AA
1986 American Classic (Jr.): 4th AA
1986 Junior U.S. Championships: 2nd AA
1986 U.S. Olympic Festival: 1st T, 2nd AA, 2nd V, 1st
UB, 2nd BB, 2nd FX
1986 World Sports Fair: 2nd V
1986 Canadian Classic: 2nd AA, 2nd V, 1st UB, 1st BB
1986 USA vs. China: 1st AA1988 US Nationals 1st AA
1987 American Cup: 3rd AA, 1st V (tie), 1st UB, 1st
BB, 6th FX
1987 International Mixed Pairs: 1st
1987 USA vs. USSR: 11th AA, 2nd V (tie), 2nd BB
1987 World Championships: 6th T
1988 Mardi Gras Invitational: 1st AA, 1st V, 2nd UB,
1st BB, 1st FX
1988 U.S. Nationals: 1st AA, 4th UB, 3rd BB, 1st FX
1988 American Cup: 1st AA, 2nd V, 1st UB, 2nd BB, 1st
FX (tie)
1988 International Mixed Pairs: 1st AA
1988 U.S. Olympic Trials: 1st AA
1988 Olympic Games: 4th Team, 10th AA, 8th UB, 3rd
Beam, 6th FX
The majority of
these results were compiled from information found
within the programme handed out at the 1988 U.S.
Nationals
Phoebe Mills, a former Bela Karolyi great, emerged in 1988 as the
top contender for the US in the Olympic Games. Formerly a speed
skating international age division record holder (500 meters) at
age 8, Mills focused her attention on gymnastics, and peaked at
just the right time to earn success at the Olympic Games winning
a bronze on balance beam. Mills was the only U.S. gymnast to win
a medal at the 88 Olympics.
Mills
comes from a family of athletes (five brothers and
sisters) and they were featured in the 6/22/87 issue of
Sports Illustrated. Her brother Nathan made it to the
1992 (Albertville) and 1994 (Lillehammer) Winter Olympics
as a speed skater, and her sister Jessica won the 1989
World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
While the goal of having several
members of the family on the 1992 Olympic Team kept
Phoebe in the sport after the 1988 Olympics, she retired
in 1989 to finish high school at home in Illinois. True
to her talent in athletics, she began the sport of
diving, competed in the 93 U.S. Olympic Festival (she
competed in the 86 U.S. Olympic Festival as a gymnast!),
and competed and finished as high as 23rd at the U.S.
Nationals. During this time, Mills was competing with the
University of Miami diving team. She graduated from
university in 1995 with a degree in environmental policy.
While visiting her sister Jessica in
Colorado, Mills fell in love with the sport of
snowboarding. She eventually moved to Ludlow, Vermont, where she worked
as the head snowboard coach for the Okemo
Mountain School. In addition, she was part of the coaching team for
the Junior U.S.A. Snowboarding Team. One
of Mills' snowboarding students won his age group at the
1998 Junior World Championships in Grindelwald,
Switzerland (the USA team placed fourth
overall).
In 2000, Mills was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of
Fame. Then a resident of San Diego, California, Mills was coaching at Aztec
Gymnastics Club and looking for a position in environmental sciences. Law school
called instead, and Mills enrolled at the Vermont Law School, where she is
majoring in Native American and Environmental Law. She is set to graduate with
the class of '04.
. This page was created on March 25, 1999 and last updated on March 16, 1999 and last updated on
January 24, 2004.
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