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Noam Mills

Noam Mills is an Israeli former épée fencer who competed for Israel at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and later became a businesswoman.

born 1986Épée at the 2008 Olympics2006 Junior World épée title2010 European Championships bronzeCofounding Panax

Born: 27 May 1986, Hod HaSharon
Occupation: fencer
Education: Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Noam Mills was born in 1986 in Hod HaSharon

Noam Mills was born on 27 May 1986 in Hod HaSharon. She was the middle child of Sara, who worked for an insurance company, and Yaakov, who ran a lighting business. She attended Mosenzon High School in Kfar Saba.

She started fencing at age 11 and trained at Hapoel Kfar Saba, later under coach Ohad Balva. She won the Israeli senior women's épée title four times, from 2005 to 2008. In 2006 she won the épée title at the Junior World Championships and was ranked first in the world among junior women.

She did her military service in the athlete track. She won silver at the 2007 Universiade in Bangkok and competed at the 2008 Olympics, where she lost in the first round to Laura Flessel-Colovic. In 2010 she won bronze at the European Championships and reached 11th in the world.

From 2008 she studied economics and neurobiology at Harvard and fenced for its team, placing second at the NCAA Championships three times. She retired from fencing in 2012, later earned a business degree at Harvard, and worked at Boston Consulting Group, FIMI, SparkBeyond and Mixtiles. In 2022 she cofounded the startup Panax.

She lives in Tel Aviv with her partner. Their first son was born in 2024.