Best Road Races VideosRunning Legend Billy Mills Turns 75 June 30Running Legend Billy Mills Turns 75 June 30 At the 1964 Olympics, Billy Mills shocked the world when he came from behind to win the gold medal in the 10k race. At the time, he set a world record of 28 m 24.4s and he is still the only American to ever win a gold medal in the 10,000 meters.
Billy Mills is the National Spokesperson for Running Strong for American Indian Youth®. An Oglala Lakota (Sioux) who was raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Billy earned a track scholarship to the University of Kansas and later served as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps.
Billy Mills was the inspiration for the movie Running Brave. The movie stars Robbie Benson and chronicles the story of Billy’s life on the Reservation and the many obstacles he overcame to become an Olympic Champion.
On February 15th, 2013 Billy was honored to receive the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Obama at a White House ceremony for the important work Running Strong is doing for American Indian Youth.
Billy Mills is going to be celebrating his 75th birthday at the Double Road Race in Overland Park, Kansas June 30th. The Double Road Race weekend will start Friday night June 28th. Billy will be the official starter for the first Double of the year Sunday morning.
Comments Neat! thanks for this clip!! Danielle Zelinski 4/10/13 9:31 am We just confirmed that running legend Billy Mills will be joining us at the Double Road Race in Overland Park, Kansas June 30th. His wife Pat will be joining Billy as we celebrate his 75th birthday. Bob Anderson 4/9/13 6:47 pm
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