Renee Regis (born 2 September 2005) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She won the 200 metres title at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships.
Biography Regis won bronze in the individual 100m and gold in the relay medley at the 2022 European under-18 championships.
She was selected for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to compete at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel in August 2023. She lowered her personal best over 100m to 11.36s at the event. In the final she won the 100m silver medal in a British one-two with Joy Eze. Eze and Regis were then part of a relay team that won silver at the championships.
In July 2024 she won the 200 metres at the English U20 Championships in Birmingham. She was selected for the 200 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru where she placed sixth in the final. In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.
She ran a personal best 11.32 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Loughborough International in May 2025. On 2 August, she finished sixth in the final of the 100 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham in 11.38 seconds. She returned the following day to finish in fifth place in the 200 metres, in a personal best 22.68 seconds. In October 2025, she was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.
On 15 February 2026, Regis won the British national title over 200 metres at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships. On her way to the title, Regis won her semi-final in 22.89 seconds to move to third on the British all-time indoor list. As well as breaking the championship record which had been set by Merlene Ottey running as a guest in 1990, she became the first woman to run below 23 seconds at the championships. At the conclusion of the race, her father John was part of the medal ceremony, which she described as "a nice moment…he didn’t tell me he was doing it".
Regis was named in the British squad for the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana, making her senior international debut in the women's 4 x 100 m relay as the team qualified for the 2027 World Championships. On 20 June, Regis placed fifth in the final of the 100 metres at the 2026 UK Championships. In July 2026, she was selected to represent England at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and competed in the women's relay.
Personal life From London, she is the daughter of British international athletes Jennifer Stoute and John Regis. Her sister Alicia also competes as an athlete. Renee was a keen netball player before concentrating on athletics. She studies finance and accounting at Brunel University.
Athletics achievements Personal bests TypeDistanceTime (s)Wind (m/s)VenueDateNotesIndividual eventsIndoor60 metres7.39Sheffield, United Kingdom11 February 2023200 metres 22.89Birmingham, United Kingdom15 February 2026Outdoor100 metres11.18+1.9London, United Kingdom26 May 2025200 metres22.67+1.3London, United Kingdom17 August 2025300 metres37.36Miramar, United States4 April 2026Team eventsOutdoor4 × 100 metres relay 42.90Gaborone, Botswana3 May 20264x400 metres relay3:39.73Gainesville, United States5 April 20251000m sprint medley relay2:07.18Jerusalem, Israel7 July 2022 International competitions 2022European U18 ChampionshipsJerusalem, Israel3rd100 m11.581stSwedish Medley relay2:07.182023European U20 ChampionshipsJerusalem, Israel2nd100 m11.402nd4 x 100 m relay43.822024World U20 ChampionshipsLima, Peru5th200 m23.382026Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom5th4 x 100 m relay43.45 National championships and competitions 2021England Championships, U17 eventsManchester3rd100 m11.842022England Indoor Championships, U17 eventsSheffield1st60 m7.461st200 m23.93England Championships, U18 eventsBedford1st100 m11.582023England Indoor Championships, U20 eventsSheffield2nd60 m7.41England Championships, U20 eventsChelmsford3rd100 m11.632024British ChampionshipsManchester9th (sf)100 m11.43England Championships, U20 eventsBirmingham1st200 m23.152025British Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham6th60 m7.42Wales Championships, U23 eventsCardiff1st100 m11.353rd200 m23.04British ChampionshipsBirmingham6th100 m11.385th200 m22.682026British Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham1st200 m22.95British ChampionshipsBirmingham5th100 m11.3111th (h)200 m23.53
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