Mildh was
Finnish champion three times in the 400 m hurdles and once in the
110 m hurdles. At the
1954 European Championships in
Bern he won an unexpected bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles in 51.5. The time which was a new Finnish record, He won another bronze in the 4 × 400 metres relay as part of the Finnish team; Finland originally finished fourth, but moved up a spot when
Great Britain was disqualified. He never managed to qualify from the first round; although he ran 52.19 in the hurdles at the 1956 Olympics in
Melbourne, it was only good enough for third in his heat behind
Yuriy Lituyev and
Gert Potgieter, and only the top two made it to the semi-finals. ==References==