John Regis (athlete)

John Regis
MBE

Regis in 2012
Personal information
Full name	John Paul Lyndon Regis
Nationality	British
Born	(1966-10-13) 13 October 1966 (age 58) Lewisham, London
Sport
Sport	Track
Event(s)	100 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay, 200 metres, 400 metres, 4 × 400 metres relay
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Men's athletics Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 4 × 100 m relay 1992 Barcelona 4 × 400 m relay World Championships 1991 Tokyo 4 × 400 m relay 1993 Stuttgart 200 m 1993 Stuttgart 4 × 100 m relay 1987 Rome 200 m 1991 Tokyo 4 × 100 m relay World Indoor Championships 1989 Budapest 200 m European Championships 1990 Split 200 m 1990 Split 4 × 400 m relay 1990 Split 4 × 100 m relay 1990 Split 100 m European Indoor Championships 1989 The Hague 200 m 1987 Lieven 200 m European Junior Championships 1985 Cottbus 4 × 100 m relay 1985 Cottbus 100 m Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland 4 × 100 m relay 1990 Auckland 200 m 1994 Victoria, B.C. 200 m 1998 Kuala Lumpur 200 m

John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE (born 13 October 1966) is a British former 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 × 400 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships, and the silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1988 Olympic Games. Regis was the British 200 metres record-holder, which he set in 1994 until Zharnel Hughes broke the 30-year British record by clocking 19.73 seconds on 23 July 2023.