Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Romell Glave
British athlete (born 1999) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Romell Glave (born 11 November 1999) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. He won the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.[1]
Remove ads
Early life
Brought up in Manchester, Jamaica, he was a keen footballer and cricketer as well as a sprinter in his youth.[2] He has said he was inspired to prioritise sprinting by watching Usain Bolt in 2008.[3] He arrived in the UK in 2015 to live in South Norwood within the London Borough of Croydon. He began at the Croydon Harriers athletic club in January 2016. That year, he won under-17 gold in the 200m at the English Schools Championship before winning the 100m and 200m at the South of England Championships.[4]
Remove ads
Career
Summarize
Perspective
In 2017 he was officially the world's fastest 17-year-old sprinter, running a 100 metres best of 10.21 seconds. He also ran 6.77 for 60 metres, which placed him at the top of the under-20 UK rankings.[4] In 2017, he won the 100 metres and 200 metres at the U20 England Championships.[2] He had a long injury lay-off returning to run a 10.61 100m in August 2019.[5] He also suffered a fractured back which hampered his progress.[6]
In August 2023, he ran a personal best 10.04, as well as 10.06 in the same night, over 100 metres in London.[7] In September 2023, he ran a new personal best time of 10.02 seconds for the 100m in London.[8]
In April 2024, he was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[9] In May 2024, he was selected to run the 100 metres and 4 × 100 m relay for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[10] He qualified for the final of the 100 metres and placed third overall in 10.06 seconds to win his first championship medal.[11]
He ran personal best time of 6.56 seconds over 60 metres at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on 4 February 2025.[12] He was selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, however he later had to pull out with injury.[13] He was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou.[14] He ran in the men’s 4 x 100 metres relay, alongside Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Jona Efoloko and Eugene Amo-Dadzie as the British quartet won their heat to qualify for the final and secure a place for Britain at the 2025 World Championships.[15] He was selected for the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025, helping the British men's 4 x 100 metres team to a third place finish.[16][17]
Remove ads
Personal life
He studied a BTEC Extended Diploma in sports.[3][18]
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads