{{short description|Irish long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Irish English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name =Regina Joyce | image = | alt = | caption = | nationality = Irish/American | birth_date = 7 February 1957 | birth_place = Surrey, England | sport = Athletics | event = middle-distance | club = Crawley AC<br>Westport Athletics Club | height =163 cm | weight =48 kg | pb = }}
'''Regina Joyce''' (born 7 February 1957) is an English born, Irish/American retired female long-distance runner, who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
== Biography == Regina Joyce and her younger sister Monica Joyce grew up with their parents in Sussex, England. Both sisters originally competed for England as junior athletes but switched to Ireland in 1982, based on the citizenship of their parents, for competitive reasons.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Joyce won the British WAAA Championships title in the 3,000 metres event at the 1980 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19800817/467/0027 |title=Athletics |work=Sunday Express |date=17 August 1980 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref>
She set her personal best in the marathon with 2:32.56 in Scottsdale 1982. Also in 1982 she finished second behind her younger sister Monica at the 1982 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=14 March 2025 }}</ref>
At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Joyce finished 23rd in the marathon. Her sister Monica also competed in the 1984 Olympics in the 3000 metres. Joyce competed as an NCAA athlete in the U.S. for the University of Washington, where she set school records in every event from 1500m to 10 km.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-30-sp-7728-story.html|title = Archives| website=Los Angeles Times }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/c-track/mtt/joyce_regina00.html |title=Player Bio: Regina Joyce - University of Washington Official Athletics Site |access-date=2012-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210010903/http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/c-track/mtt/joyce_regina00.html |archive-date=2010-12-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Joyce became an American citizen in 1993,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/othersports/149896_where26.html|title=Where Are They Now: Regina Joyce|date=26 November 2003}}</ref> and continues to run in the Masters division.
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{IRL}} |- |1983 |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland |7th |Marathon |2:33:52 |- |rowspan=2|1984 |World Cross Country Championships |New York City, United States |21st |5 km |16:35 |- |Olympic Games |Los Angeles, United States |23rd |Marathon |2:37:57 |}
==References== {{Reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045705/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/regina-joyce-1.html sports-reference]
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