Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleMills competed in discus and shot put at four Olympic Games between 1960 and 1972 (PA)Les Mills, the former New Zealand Olympian, fitness brand founder, and three-term Auckland mayor, has died at the age of 91. Mills competed in discus and shot put at four Olympic Games between 1960 and 1972, and secured five Commonwealth Games medals, including a discus gold in 1966. He co-founded the first Les Mills gym in Auckland in 1968 with his wife Colleen, which evolved into a globally recognised fitness brand. Mills served three terms as Mayor of Auckland City in the 1990s, where he led significant reforms and development projects. His contributions to sport and local government were recognised with a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1973 and a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. In fullLes Mills, New Zealand Olympian and global fitness brand founder, dies aged 91More bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Les Mills death: Olympian and fitness brand founder dies aged 91
Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleMills competed in discus and shot put at four Olympic Games between 1960 and 1972 (PA)Les Mills, the former New Zealand Olympian, fitness brand founder, and three-term Auckland mayor, has died at the age of 91. Mills competed in discus and shot put at four Olympic Games between 1960 and 1972, and secured five Commonwealth Games medals, including a discus gold in 1966. He co-founded the first Les Mills gym in Auckland in 1968 with his wife Colleen, which evolved into a globally recognised fitness brand. Mills served three terms as Mayor of Auckland City in the 1990s, where he led significant reforms and development projects. His contributions to sport and local government were recognised with a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1973 and a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. In fullLes Mills, New Zealand Olympian and global fitness brand founder, dies aged 91More bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
