Billy Mills
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"5000 meters": 13:41.4 "10,000 meters": 28:17.6 "Marathon": 2:22:56

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"William Mervin "Billy" Mills", also known as Makata Taka Hela, is the second Native Americans in the United States/Native American (after Jim Thorpe) to win an Olympic Games/Olympic gold medal.

He accomplished this feat in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's 10000 metres/10,000 meter run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Summer Olympics/1964 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the only person from the western hemisphere to win the Olympic gold in this event. His 1964 victory is considered one of the greatest of Olympic upsets. A former United States Marine, Billy Mills is a member of the Oglala Lakota/Oglala Lakota people/Lakota (Sioux) Tribe.

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