- 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.
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Les Mills, New Zealand Olympian and global fitness brand founder, dies aged 91
