Phoebe Mills attended New Trier High School, before transferring for her senior year to Spanish River Community High School.
17 Facts About Phoebe Mills
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Phoebe Mills is a 2004 graduate of Vermont Law School, with a degree in environmental law.
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Phoebe Mills was coached by Marta and Bela Karolyi in Houston, Texas.
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Phoebe Mills attended her first US Nationals in 1984, finishing eighth in the junior division.
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Phoebe Mills was unable to compete in the 1987 Pan American Games because of an injured heel.
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Phoebe Mills won every meet she entered, including the US Nationals, the American Cup, the Mardi Gras Invitational and the International Mixed Pairs, was named the United States Olympic Committee's Gymnast of the Year and was nominated for the prestigious James E Sullivan Award.
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Phoebe Mills placed first at the US Olympic Trials, easily earning a spot on the American squad for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
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Phoebe Mills emerged as the US team's most successful gymnast at the Olympics, leading the team to a fourth-place finish.
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Phoebe Mills won a bronze medal on the balance beam, tied with Gabriela Potorac and behind Daniela Silivas and Elena Shushunova.
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Phoebe Mills finished eighth on the uneven bars and sixth on the floor exercise.
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Phoebe Mills continued to compete in early 1989, but retired later that year, due in part to the effects of Epstein-Barr syndrome.
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Phoebe Mills has occasionally returned to the sport as a coach.
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In 2000, Phoebe Mills was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
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Phoebe Mills joined the diving team at the University of Miami in Florida, where she won the Big East Conference for three years.
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Phoebe Mills competed in national diving events, participating in the 1993 Olympic Festival and the US Diving Championships.
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Phoebe Mills has acted as a snowboarding coach and instructor, working with the US junior national team.
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Phoebe Mills served as a judge at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games.