Daryll Neita

Daryll Neita
Neita at SXSW London in 2026.
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1996-08-29) 29 August 1996
London, England
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
60 m, 100 m, 200 m
ClubCambridge Harriers
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 Paris4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de Janeiro4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo4 × 100 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 London4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2019 Doha4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2023 Budapest4 × 100 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Berlin4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal – first place2024 Rome4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2016 Amsterdam4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2024 Rome200 m
Bronze medal – third place2022 Munich100 m
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Istanbul60 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2022 Birmingham100 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.

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 100 m, 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 × 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 × 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 100 m, representing Europe in The Match, a two-day team competition against the US 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 × 100 m 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 100 m at the Tokyo Olympics, having run a personal best of 10.96s in the heats. She won a bronze medal as part of the 4 × 100 m relay team.[8]

Neita competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.

In 2022, Neita won both the 100 m and 200 m national titles at the British Championship in June.[9] 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.[10] The same month, she took a medal of the same colour at the European Championships.[1][11]

The following year, Neita won a bronze medal over 60 m at the European Indoor Championships.[12] On 2 July, she picked up the first Diamond League win of her career by winning over 200 m at the Bauhaus-galan in Stockholm, running a time of 22.50 s.[13] At the British Championships, she won the national 200 m title in a championship record of 22.25 s.[14] In August, Neita competed at the World Championships in Budapest, where she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100 m.[15] In the 200 m, she finished fifth in the final, running a personal best of 22.16 s.[16] She went onto win a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay, alongside teammates Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot and Bianca Williams.[17]

Neita won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Italy, with a time of 22.50s.[18][19]

After winning the 100 metres gold medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships,[20] Neita was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[21][22] She placed fourth in the 100 m, the best result by a British woman in 64 years in the event. Neita also placed fifth in the 200 m, and won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.[23][24][25][26]

In November 2024, it was announced that Neita had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track.[27][28] Following the cancellation of Grand Slam Track after three meetings due to economic concerns, Neita stated "I would just hope that ultimately we're all able to get what's owed and I do believe that it will be a positive outcome, I truly do."[29]

Neita was disqualified for a false start in the final of the 100 m at the 2025 British Championships.[30] Despite this, she was named in the team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships,[31] where she made the semi-finals of the 100 m and 200 m.[1] The following year, Neita suffered a broken foot in April, affecting her preparation for the season.[32]

Achievements

Circuit performances

Grand Slam Track results[33]
SlamRace groupEventPl.TimePrize money
2025 Kingston SlamShort sprints 100 m4th11.33US$20,000
200 m5th23.89
2025 Miami SlamShort sprints 100 m8th11.16US$10,000
200 m8th22.93

International competitions

Representing  Great Britain
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 4th 100 m 11.69
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 42.45
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25th (h) 100 m 11.41
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 41.77
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 13th (sf) 100 m 11.16
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 42.12
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 10th (sf) 100 m 11.27
1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.191
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 11th (sf) 100 m 11.18
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 41.85
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 8th 100 m 11.12
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 41.88 (41.55 h NR)
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 10th (sf) 60 m 7.15
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 9th (sf) 100 m 10.97
6th 4 × 100 m relay 42.75
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd 100 m 11.07 (10.90 sf PB)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.41 SB
European Championships Munich, Germany 3rd 100 m 11.00 (10.95 sf)
– 200 m DNS
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 3rd 60 m 7.12
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 11th (sf) 100 m 11.03
5th 200 m 22.16
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 41.97
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 2nd 200 m 22.50
1st 4 × 100 m relay 41.91
Olympic Games Paris, France 4th 100 m 10.96
5th 200 m 22.23
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 41.85
2025 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 10th (sf) 100 m 11.06
14th (sf) 200 m 22.77
4th 4 × 100 m relay 42.07
2026 European Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 19th (sf) 100 m 11.34

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

National titles

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Daryll Neita, an athlete on the rise". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016: Great Britain win Olympic women's 4x100m relay bronze". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Match: Europe lead United States by 27 points after day one of two in Minsk". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "World Athletics Championships 2019: Dina Asher-Smith hails teammates after historic medal hat-trick". The Independent. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Adam Gemili blames 'bad press' over coach under investigation for 200m exit – fepesp".
  7. ↑ "Daryll Neita accuses UK Athletics of 'blackmail' over coach Rana Reider". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Hincks, Michael (21 May 2024). "DARYLL NEITA: TOP FACTS YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE BRITISH SPRINTER". olympics.com. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists - 220 yards and 200 metres". NUTS. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Daryll Neita claims bronze in women's 100m final as Elaine Thompson-Herah wins gold". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "'The gold should have been mine': Neita rues cramp as she settles for bronze". The National. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's 60m - Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  13. ↑ Daryll Neita springs surprise in Stockholm 200m - Wanda Diamond League 2023. Wanda Diamond League. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2026 – via YouTube.
  14. ↑ Woods, Mark (9 July 2023). "Daryll Neita takes centre stage to storm to 200m win at UK championships". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "2023 World Championships - Women's 100m - Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  16. ↑ Turnbull, Simon (25 August 2023). "Jackson's Eureka 200m run leaves the world and her rivals in awe in Budapest". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  17. ↑ Turnbull, Simon (26 August 2023). "USA sets championship record to win women's 4x100m in Budapest". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Britain's Neita wins European 200m silver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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  28. ↑ "Grand Slam Track 2025: Daryll Neita becomes first British woman to join Michael Johnson's lucrative new league". Eurosport. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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