Daryll Neita

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Daryll Saskia Neita
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Neita at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Born (1996-08-29) 29 August 1996 (age 28)
London, England
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
England
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 60 m, 100 m, 200 m
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 London 4×100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Doha 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Budapest 4×100 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Berlin 4×100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Rome 4×100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Amsterdam 4×100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Rome 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Munich 100 m
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Istanbul 60 m
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Birmingham 100 m

Daryll Saskia Neita (born 29 August 1996) [1] is a British sprinter. She won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2024 European Championships along with bronze in the 100 metres at the 2022 European Championships, 2022 Commonwealth Games and in the 60 metres at the 2023 European Indoor Championships. She has also won several medals as part of Great Britain 4 × 100 m relay teams, including an Olympic silver medal in 2024 and bronze medals in 2016 and 2021, World Championships silver medals in 2017 and 2019 and European gold in 2018.

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Her 60 metres indoor best of 7.05 seconds and 100 metres best of 10.90 seconds achieved at the 2023 ISTAF Indoor and 2022 Commonwealth Games respectively puts her second on the relevant UK all-time lists behind Dina Asher-Smith. Neita is a five-time British national champion, twice outdoors over 100 m, twice outdoors over 200 m, and once indoors over 60 m.

Career

2015–19

In 2015, Neita finished fourth in the 100 metres final at the European Junior Championships with a time of 11.69 seconds. [2]

In 2016, she finished second at the British Championships over 100m, with a time of 11.24 seconds (having run a personal best of 11.23 in the semi-finals), earning Olympic selection. [2] Two weeks later at the European Championships, she won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay. On 22 July, Neita and her teammates Asha Philip, Desiree Henry and Dina Asher-Smith broke the British record in the 4 x 100 metres, with 41.81 seconds. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Neita was eliminated in the heats of the 100 metres in 11.41s, narrowly failing to qualify for the semi-finals. [2] In the sprint relay, she won a bronze medal along with teammates Philip, Henry and Asher-Smith, improving the British record they had set a month earlier with 41.77 seconds. On winning Neita said "I am speechless. I am so proud of our team. We absolutely smashed it." [3]

On 17 June 2017, Neita improved her 100 metres personal best to 11.20 secs at the England U23 Championships, before going on to finish second at the British Championships on 1 July, running 11.25, earning World Championship selection. A week later at the Anniversary Games in London, she further improved her 100 metres best with 11.14, to move to seventh on the UK all-time list. The following month at the World Championships in London, she ran 11.15 in her 100 metres heat to qualify for the semi-finals, where she was eliminated running 11.16. [2] She went on to win a silver medal in the sprint relay, along with her 2016 Olympic teammates Philip, Henry and Asher-Smith. [1]

In June 2018, Neita ran 11.19 secs to finish second at the British Championships, earning selection for the European Championships in Berlin. At the Championships she qualified for the semi finials but missed out on the final after finishing 4th in a time of 11.27. [1]

In September 2019, Neita finished in 1st place in the 100m, representing Europe in The Match, a two-day team competition against the USA in Minsk, Belarus. [4] At the World Championships in Doha that year, she improved her 100 metres best to 11.12 secs to reach the semi-finals, where she ran 11.18. She went on to win a silver medal in the 4 × 100m relay. [1] [5]

2020–present

In 2021, after it was announced that her coach Rana Reider was being investigated by the US Center for SafeSport for sexual misconduct, UK Athletics told Neita and other British athletes who were part of Reider’s group to cease contact with Reider or else her membership in the World Class Programme, including lottery funding, would be suspended. [6] Neita left Reider’s training group thereafter. [6] [7] Neita finished eighth in the final of the 100m at the Tokyo Olympics, having run a personal best of 10.96s in the heats. She won a bronze medal as part of the 4x100m relay team. [8]

In 2022, Neita represented England at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she set a new personal best of 10.90 in the semi-finals. In the final, she ran 11.07 to finish in third place, winning a bronze medal. [9] The same month, she took a medal of the same colour at the European Championships. [1] [10]

Neita won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Italy, with a time of 22.50s. [11] [12]

After winning the 100 metres gold medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, [13] Neita was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [14] [15] She placed fourth in the 100m, the best result by a British woman in 64 years in the event. Neita also placed fifth in the 200m, and won a silver medal in the 4x100m relay. [16] [17] [18]

Achievements

International competitions

Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden4th100 m11.69
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands2nd4 × 100 m relay 42.45
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil25th (h)100 m 11.41
3rd4 × 100 m relay 41.77
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom13th (sf)100 m 11.16
2nd4 × 100 m relay 42.12
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany10th (sf)100 m 11.27
1st4 × 100 m relay 42.19 1
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar11th (sf)100 m 11.18
2nd4 × 100 m relay 41.85
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan8th100 m 11.12
3rd4 × 100 m relay 41.88 (41.55 h NR)
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia10th (sf)60 m 7.15
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States9th (sf)100 m 10.97
6th4 × 100 m relay 42.75
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom3rd100 m 11.07 (10.90 sf PB)
1st4 × 100 m relay 42.41 SB
European Championships Munich, Germany3rd100 m 11.00 (10.95 sf)
–200 m DNS
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 3rd60 m 7.12
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 11th (sf)100 m 11.03
5th200 m 22.16
3rd4 × 100 m relay 41.97
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 2nd200 m 22.50
1st4 × 100 m relay 41.91
Olympic Games Paris, France 4th100 m 10.96
5th200 m 22.23
2nd4 x 100 m relay 41.85

1Time from the heats; Neita was replaced in the final.

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