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Wed, Apr 12
|Fort Scott
Meet & Greet Olympian Hero, Billy Mills
Come meet and greet Legendary Gold Medalist Olympic Athlete, Billy Mills.
Time & Location
Apr 12, 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Fort Scott, 2108 Horton St, Fort Scott, KS 66701, USA
About the event
Come meet and greet Legendary Gold Medalist Olympic Athlete, Billy Mills.
Mills, won the 10,000-meter race in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, becoming an Olympic
Gold Medalist. At the time, he set a world record of 28 minutes, 24.4 seconds and is still the
only American to ever win a gold medal in the 10k event. His win was an upset that has been
called the second greatest moment in Olympic history.
Mills will be in town thanks to the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes and a grant from
the Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area.
The event will include a screening of his 1964 gold medal run – an Olympic feat no American
had accomplished before or since him.
“This is a great opportunity to meet a very inspirational and iconic Gold medal Olympic
Athlete, and watch one of the greatest moments in sports’ history on the big screen!” said
Kirk Sharp, Executive Director of the Gordon Parks Museum.
Free drinks and dessert will be available for all attendees!
We would like give a special thanks for the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes for
sharing legendary Olympian Billy Mills with Fort Scott Community College.