John Regis (athlete)

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John Regis
MBE
Regis in 2012
Personal information
Full nameJohn Paul Lyndon Regis
NationalityBritish
Born (1966-10-13) 13 October 1966 (age 57)
Lewisham, London
Sport
SportTrack
Event(s)100 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay, 200 metres, 400 metres, 4 × 400 metres relay
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's
athletics
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Tokyo 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1993 Stuttgart 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1993 Stuttgart
4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Rome 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Tokyo
4 × 100 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Budapest 200 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place
1990 Split
 200 m
Gold medal – first place
1990 Split
 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place
1990 Split
 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place
1990 Split
 100 m
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1989 The Hague 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Lieven 200 m
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Cottbus 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Cottbus 100 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Auckland 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria, B.C. 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 200 m

John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE (born 13 October 1966) is a British former sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.

He was a member of the British teams which won the gold medal in the

British 200 metres record
-holder, which he set in 1994 until Zharnel Hughes broke the 30-year British record by clocking 19.73 seconds on 23 July 2023.

Career

Regis's most significant successes in individual events came when competing in the 200 metres. He was the first British athlete to run under 20 seconds for the distance, and still held the

UK record for the event in 2023 before it was finally broken by Zharnel Hughes. He was an indoor world champion and an outdoor World Championship runner-up at the distance, and also finished sixth in the event at the 1992 Olympic Games. [citation needed
]

Regis also achieved considerable success running in

world indoor record for the rarely contested 4 x 200 metres with a time of 1:22.11, which has not yet been bettered. [citation needed
]

In 2000 Regis and fellow sprinter Marcus Adam were recruited for bobsleigh training with the British team. Adam went on to compete in the 2002 Winter Olympics.[1]

Personal life

Growing up, Regis competed for

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1994 Birthday Honours for services to athletics.[3] In 1989, he opened an all-weather running track at Wellesley Recreation Ground (known as "the Well") in Great Yarmouth
.

He was a cousin of former England international footballer Cyrille Regis.[4]

Regis's 15-year-old nephew, Adam Regis, was stabbed to death on Saturday 17 March 2007 in Plaistow, Newham, east London.

Personal bests

International competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 3rd 200 m 20.18
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 38.28
1989 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 200 metres 20.54
IAAF World Cup Barcelona, Spain 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 38.34
1990 European Championships
Split
, Yugoslavia 		3rd 100 m 10.07 w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
1st 200 m 20.11 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 37.98
1st 4 × 400 m relay 2:58.22 CR
Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 2nd 200 metres 20.16 w
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.67
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 1st 4 × 400 m relay 2:57.53
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 38.09
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 2:59.73
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 2nd 200 m 19.94
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 37.77
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 2nd 200 m 20.25
IAAF World Cup London, England 1st 200 m 20.45 (wind: -1.4 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.46
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3rd 200 m 20.40

References

  1. ^ "Celebrity slide show". 31 May 2018 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ http://www.londonyouthgames.org/page.asp?section=23&sectionTitle=Hall+of+Fame Archived 7 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine Hall of Fame 19 February 2013
  3. ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 53696". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1994. p. 23.
  4. coventrytelegraph.net
    . Retrieved 3 February 2018.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Men's 200 m Best Year Performance
1994 		Succeeded by
Michael Johnson
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