Background
REGIS, John was born on October 13, 1966 in. Lewisham. Son of Antony Regis and Agnes Regis.
REGIS, John was born on October 13, 1966 in. Lewisham. Son of Antony Regis and Agnes Regis.
Regis is still the British 200 metres record-holder, which he set in 1994. 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 United Kingdom record for the event.
Most notably, he ran the third leg for the British 4 × 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 × 400 m team in 1990 which set a European Championship record for the event. 100 metres – 10.07 sec (Split, Yugoslavia, 28 August 1990)
200 metres – 19.87 sec (Sestriere, Italy, 31 July 1994, United Kingdom record)
400 metres – 45.48 sec (Walnut, California, United States, 17 April 1993).
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.