Rani Rosius

Rani Rosius (born 25 April 2000) is a Belgian sprinter.^[1]

Rani Rosius

Rosius in 2023
Personal information
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(2000-04-25) 25 April 2000 (age 25)
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Event(s)	60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres
Medal record Representing  Belgium European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 100 m

Career

2020

At just 21 years of age, Rosius tied the second-best Belgian time ever on the 100 metres event, with a time of 11.39. Olivia Borlée ran the same time in 2007, while only Kim Gevaert has ever run faster, still holding the Belgian record at 11.04.^[2]

2023

Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she qualified for the semi-final of the 100 metres.^[3]

2024

Early 2024 she reached the finals and finished 6th in the women's 60 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.^[4] Later that year, she ran as part of the Belgian 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas that failed to qualify directly for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[5] She represented Belgium at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024.^[6] Finishing 1st in her round 1 heat of the women's 100 metres, she advanced directly to the semi-finals where she finished 5th in her semi-final, not advancing to the final.^[7] She was also part of the Belgian 4 × 100 m relay team which qualified for the final and finished 6th.^[8] Having qualified for the women's 100 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games via the World Athletics Rankings,^[9] she finished 4th in her round 1 heat posting a PB of 11.10s that allowed her to progress to the semi-finals as fastest athlete not directly qualified.^[10] She finished 8th in her semi-final.^[11] She also ran in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay, the Belgian team also having qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games via the World Athletics Rankings.^[12] The team was however disqualified in round 1 when Elise Mehuys passed the baton to Delphine Nkansa outside the takeover zone.^[13][14]

2025

In March 2025, she broke Kim Gevaert's national record on the 60 m dash that had stood since 2007 in the semi-finals of the women's 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.^[15] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.^[16]

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.10 (+0.8 m/s Paris 2024)
• 200 metres – 23.11 (+1.0 m/s Brussels 2024)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.08 (Apeldoorn 2025)
• 200 metres – 24.36 (Louvain-la-Neuve 2020)