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John Regis was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for his services to athletics. In 1989, he opened an all-weather running track at Wellesley Recreation Ground (known as "the Well") in [[Great Yarmouth]]. In
John Regis was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for his services to athletics. In 1989, he opened an all-weather running track at Wellesley Recreation Ground (known as "the Well") in [[Great Yarmouth]]. In
1995, ''Respect'', a 30-minute documentary was made about Regis, produced and directed by [[Pogus Caesar]] and broadcast on [[Carlton TV]] in [[London]]. Since his retirement from athletics in 1999, Regis has worked in the media and sports management. {{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}
1995, ''Respect'', a 30-minute documentary was made about Regis, produced and directed by [[Pogus Caesar]] and broadcast on [[Carlton TV]] in [[London]]. Since his retirement from athletics in 1999, Regis has worked in the media and sports management. {{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

====Charity Work====
Regis is currently an Athlete Ambassador for [[Right To Play]], the world's leading sport for development charity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Right To Play: Meet Our Athletes|url=http://www.righttoplay.com/uk/the-team/Pages/MeetOurAthletes.aspx}}</ref>


==Personal bests==
==Personal bests==

Revision as of 10:08, 17 August 2011

John Regis
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 4x400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Tokyo 4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1993 Stuttgart 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1993 Stuttgart 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Rome 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Tokyo 4x100 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 4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1990 Split 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Split 100 m

John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE (born 13 October 1966, Lewisham, London) is a retired English 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 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships, and the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1988 Olympic Games. Regis is still the British 200 metres record-holder, which he set in 1994.

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 holds the UK record for the event. 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 relay races, winning major international medals in both the 4 x 100 metres relay and the 4 x 400 metres relay. Most notably, he ran the third leg for the British 4 x 400 m relay team at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, helping them defeat the heavily-favoured team from the United States and claim the gold medal. He was also a part of the British 4 x 400 m team in 1990 which set a European Championship record for the event. On 3 March 1991, Regis was a member of the British team which set the 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]

Other

John Regis was awarded an MBE for his services to athletics. In 1989, he opened an all-weather running track at Wellesley Recreation Ground (known as "the Well") in Great Yarmouth. In 1995, Respect, a 30-minute documentary was made about Regis, produced and directed by Pogus Caesar and broadcast on Carlton TV in London. Since his retirement from athletics in 1999, Regis has worked in the media and sports management. [citation needed]

Charity Work

Regis is currently an Athlete Ambassador for Right To Play, the world's leading sport for development charity.[1]

Personal bests

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Great Britain
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 3rd 200 m
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 2nd 4x100 m relay
1989 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 200 metres
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 3rd 100 metres
1st 200 metres
2nd 4x100 m relay
1st 4x400 m relay 2:58.22 CR
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 1st 4x400 m relay
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 3rd 4x400 m relay
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 2nd 200 m
Representing  England
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 2nd 200 metres
1st 4x100 m relay
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 2nd 200 metres
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3rd 200 metres

Personal life

Regis has two daughters by his wife Jennifer Stoute.[2] He is a cousin of the football players Cyrille Regis and Dave Regis.

John Regis's 15 year-old nephew, Adam Regis, was stabbed to death on Saturday 17 March 2007 in Plaistow, Newham, east London. The killers were described in media reports as five black youths, who fled in a bronze Mk II Volkswagen Scirocco. He had been following in his uncle's footsteps as an athlete.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Right To Play: Meet Our Athletes".
  2. ^ Births England and Wales 1984-2006
  3. ^ http://adam-regis.gonetoosoon.org/ Memorial to Adam Regis
  4. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-443190/Four-new-arrests-Adam-Regis-murder-hunt.html Daily Mail coverage of murder of Adam Regis]
Sporting positions
Preceded by Men's 200 m Best Year Performance
1994 		Succeeded by



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