John Regis (athlete)

John Regis ( John Paul Lyndon Regis, born October 13, 1966 in Lewisham, Kent ) is a former British sprinter.

John Regis is 1,81 m tall and weighed in his playing days up to 94 kg. With this massive stature of the muscle-bound athlete was always clearly visible even in confused relay race for the spectators. His greatest successes came about 100 m and 200 m. In addition, he won both the 4 x 100 - meter relay as well as in the 4 x 400 meters relay with the British or English team medals. The English international footballer Cyrille Regis is his cousin.

Regis is athlete ambassador of development organization Right to Play.

Endkampfplatzierungen

Olympic games

World Championships

European Championships

Commonwealth Games

Bests

  • 60 m (Hall ): 6.71 s, February 28, 1991, Seville
  • 100 m: 10.15 s, May 29, 1993 Budapest
  • 200 m: 19.87 s, July 31, 1994, Sestriere Hall: 20.48 s, February 5, 1995, Stuttgart

Both relay services were European records and have so far been undercut in Europe only by British squadrons.

4 × 100 metres relay 4 × 400 metres relay England 1988 Summer Olympics Linford Christie Marcus Adam Tony Jarrett Roger Black 1987 World Championships in Athletics 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships 1991 World Championships in Athletics Darren Braithwaite Derek Redmond 1993 World Championships in Athletics Colin Jackson 1995 World Championships in Athletics 1990 European Athletics Championships Clarence Callender 60 metres 400 metres Walnut, California Tinus Osendarp Brian Shenton Manfred Germar Owe Jonsson Philippe Clerc Olaf Prenzler Geir Moen Douglas Walker (athlete) Francis Obikwelu Christophe Lemaitre Churandy Martina
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