{{Short description|British athlete}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Renee Regis | birth_name = | image = {{Easy CSS image crop |Image = 2025 UK Athletics Championships 20250802 162352 Renee Regis.jpg |desired_width = 200 |crop_left_perc = 29 |crop_right_perc = 36 |crop_top_perc = 23 |crop_bottom_perc = 41 | align = centre }} | caption = 2025 UK Athletics Championships | nationality = Great Britain | sport = Athletics | event = Sprint | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|9|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = '''60m:''' 7.39 (Sheffield, 2023)<br>'''100m:''' 11.18 (London, 2025)<br>'''200m:''' 22.67 (London, 2025) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Competition|European U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Jerusalem|100m}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Jerusalem|4x100m}} }}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/renee-regis-14853272|title=Renee Regis|website=World Athletics|accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
==Biography== Regis won bronze in the individual 100m and gold in the relay medley at the 2022 European under-18 championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/british-under-18-athletes-rule-europe-1039958195/|title=British under-18 athletes rule Europe|first=Jason |last=Henderson | date=July 8, 2022 | accessdate = May 29, 2023|website=Athletics Weekly}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=19 July 2023|date=19 July 2023|title= FINAL SELECTIONS CONFIRMED FOR THE EUROPEAN U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/final-selections-confirmed-for-the-european-u20-championships/}}</ref> She lowered her personal best over 100m to 11.36s at the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/regis-eze-anyaogu-lower-pbs-as-gb-ni-advance-in-jerusalem/|website=British Athletics|accessdate=7 August 2023|title= REGIS, EZE & ANYAOGU LOWER PBS AS GB & NI ADVANCE IN JERUSALEM|date=7 August 2023}}</ref> In the final she won the 100m silver medal in a British one-two with Joy Eze.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/gb-sprinters-one-two-at-euro-u20-champs-1039970394/|title=GB sprinters one-two at Euro U20 Champs|first=Jason|last=Henderson| date=August 8, 2023|website=Athletics Weekly}}</ref> Eze and Regis were then part of a {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay team that won silver at the championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/gb-ni-claim-4x400m-relay-gold-two-silvers-to-end-euro-u20s-on-high/|website=British Athletics|accessdate=12 August 2023|title=GB & NI CLAIM 4X400M RELAY GOLD & TWO SILVERS TO END EURO U20S ON HIG|date=10 August 2023}}</ref>
In July 2024 she won the 200 metres at the English U20 Championships in Birmingham.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7212513?eventId=10229510&gender=W|website=World Athletics|accessdate=24 November 2024|title= England Athletics U20 & Senior track & field champs (inc U23), Senior Para Champs (U20 & over)|date=19 July 2024}}</ref> She was selected for the 200 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru where she placed sixth in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/gb-ni-squad-announced-for-the-world-athletics-u20-championships-lima-2024/|website=British Athletics|accessdate=26 July 2024|title= GB & NI SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS LIMA 2024|date=26 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/odey-jordan-wins-200m-bronze-at-world-under-20s-in-lima/| website=British Athletics|accessdate=31 August 2024|title= ODEY-JORDAN WINS 200M BRONZE AT WORLD UNDER-20S IN LIMA|date=31 August 2024}}</ref> In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/2024-25-olympic-futures-programme-athletes-announced/|accessdate=11 November 2024|date= 11 November 2024|website=British Athletics|title=2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED}}</ref>
She ran a personal best 11.32 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Loughborough International in May 2025.<ref>{{cite web|date=18 May 2025|title= MOLLY PALMER IMPRESSES IN LOUGHBOROUGH LONG JUMP AS JAZ SAWYERS RETURNS|accessdate=19 May 2025|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/news/molly-palmer-impresses-in-loughborough-long-jump-as-jaz-sawyers-returns-1040001742/|website=Athletics Weekly}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=UK Championship|website=World Athletics|accessdate=2 August 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7229689?eventId=10229509&gender=W |date=2 August 2025}}</ref> She returned the following day to finish in fifth place in the 200 metres, in a personal best 22.68 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|title= UK Championships |website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 August 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7229689?eventId=10229510&gender=W |date=3 August 2025 }}</ref> In October 2025, she was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/2025-26-olympic-futures-programme-athletes-announced/ |date=23 October 2025|title= 2025-26 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED|accessdate=23 October 2025|website=British Athletics}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/regis-turns-back-the-clock-with-impressive-record-run-at-novuna-uk-athletics-indoor-championships-day-two/|website=British Athletics|accessdate=15 Feb 2026|date=15 Feb 2026|title= REGIS TURNS BACK THE CLOCK WITH RECORD RUN AT NOVUNA UK ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/azu-completes-the-sprint-double-at-the-uk-athletics-indoor-championships |title= Azu completes the sprint double at the UK Indoor Championships|first= Steven |last=Mills|date=15 Feb 2026|access-date=14 Feb 2026| website=European Athletics}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web|website=BBC Sport|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/clygenx5375o|accessdate=15 February 2026|date=15 February 2026|title= Renee adds to Regis legacy with first UK title|first=Craig|last=Nelson}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 March 2026|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/meetings/zharnel-hughes-charlie-dobson-desiree-henry-among-gb-relay-team-for-botswana-1040010157/ |title=ZHARNEL HUGHES, CHARLIE DOBSON, DESIREE HENRY AMONG GB RELAY TEAM FOR BOTSWANA |access-date=4 March 2026| website=Athletics Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/mixed-4x400m-relay-bronze-in-botswana/ |title= MIXED 4X400M RELAY BRONZE AND FIVE TEAMS QUALIFIED FOR WORLDS IN BOTSWANA|date=3 May 2026 |access-date=4 May 2026| website=British Athletics}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/gold-rush-for-british-under-18-athletes-in-jerusalem-1039958157/|title=Gold rush for British under-18 athletes in Jerusalem|website= Athletics Weekly | date=July 6, 2022 |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/young-athlete-news/renee-regis-1039970269/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=6 August 2023|title= Teenage sprinter Renee Regis on the rise|first=Georgie|last= Heath |date=August 6, 2023}}</ref> She studies finance and accounting at Brunel University.<ref>{{cite web|first=Rick|last=Broadbent|date=14 March 2026|website=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/athletics/article/renee-regis-john-regis-uk-indoor-qtdpznp92|accessdate=16 March 2026|title=Renee Regis: I watch Dad’s races on YouTube but he never pressures me}}</ref>
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