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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 6.66 (Lee Valley, 2018) 100m: 10.02 (London, 2023) 200m: 20.02 (Bedford, 2018) | ||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
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 4x100m 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 studied a BTEC Extended Diploma in sports. [3] [12]
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