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| show-medals = }} Leonard ("Leo") Myles-Mills (born May 9, 1973 in Accra, Greater Accra Region) is a Ghanaian former athlete who specialized in the 100 metres. He ran a personal best of 9.98 seconds for the event in 1998, becoming the first Ghanaian to break the 10-second barrier. His best of 6.45 seconds for the 60 metres is an African record. Myles-Mills twice represented his country at the Summer Olympics and also at the Commonwealth Games. He was a two-time NCAA Men's 100 m dash champion while running for Brigham Young University.. His brother John Myles-Mills was also a sprint athlete.〔(Leonard Myles-Mills Staff Bio | Men's Track Assistant Coach ). BYU Cougars. Retrieved on 2015-07-14.〕 He has won a gold medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games, a silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal at the 1998 African Championships. In 1999 he set a new African indoor record in 60 metres with 6.45 seconds.〔(African indoor records ) - IAAF〕 His personal best over 100 metres is 9.98 seconds, a Ghanaian record.〔(Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men) ) - GBR Athletics〕 Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved a third place in the 100 metres, thus securing qualification from his heat in a season's best time. Entering the second round, he managed to qualify through to the semi-final, following a third place in the race and recording a further improvement upon his season's best. He finished the semi-final in sixth place, thus failing to secure qualification to the final. Myles-Mills is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.〔"LDS athletes mine Oly 'metals'", ''Church News'', 2004-08-28.〕 ==International competitions== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leonard Myles-Mills」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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