Romell Glave

Romell Glave
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1999-11-11) 11 November 1999
Manchester, Jamaica[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
ClubCroydon Harriers
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60 m: 6.51 (Stockholm, 2026)
100 m: 9.97 (London, 2026)
200 m: 20.95 (Bedford, 2017)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 Birmingham100 m
Gold medal – first place2026 Birmingham4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2024 Rome100 m

Romell Glave (born 11 November 1999) is a British sprinter. He is the reigning European champion in the 100 metres having won the title at the 2026 European Athletics Championships. He was also part of the gold medal-winning 4 × 100 metres relay team at the championships. He previously won the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 2024 European Championships.

Born in Manchester, Jamaica, and brought up there, he moved to the UK in 2015. The following year, Glave joined the Croydon Harriers and became English Schools Champion over 200 metres. By 2017 he had become the world's fastest 17-year-old sprinter, running a 100 metres best of 10.21 seconds. Having overcome numerous injury problems in the subsequent years, he went on to represent Great Britain at multiple major championships, including the 2025 World Athletics Championships. He became the British champion in the 100 metres and officially broke the 10-second barrier for the first time on 20 June 2026.[2]

Early life

Brought up in Manchester, Jamaica, he was a keen footballer and cricketer as well as a sprinter in his youth.[3] He has said he was inspired to prioritise sprinting by watching Usain Bolt in 2008.[4] 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 200 m at the English Schools Championship before winning the 100 m and 200 m at the South of England Championships.[5]

Career

Early career: World’s fastest 17-year-old, but injuries

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.[5] In 2017, he won the 100 metres and 200 metres at the U20 England Championships.[3] He had a long injury lay-off, returning to run a 10.61 100 m in August 2019.[6] He also suffered a fractured back, which hampered his progress.[7]

In August 2023, he ran a personal best 10.04, as well as 10.06 in the same night, over 100 metres in London.[8] In September 2023, he ran a new personal best time of 10.02 seconds for the 100 m in London.[9]

2024: European Championships medal

In April 2024, he was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[10] 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.[11] He qualified for the final of the 100 metres and placed third overall in 10.06 seconds to win his first championship medal.[12]

2025: World Championships debut

He ran personal best time of 6.56 seconds over 60 metres at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on 4 February 2025.[13] 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.[14] He was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou.[15] He ran in the men's 4 × 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.[16] He was selected for the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025, helping the British men's 4 × 100 metres team to a third-place finish.[17][18] In September 2025, he was a semi-finalist in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, equaling his personal best of 10.00 seconds.[19][20]

2026: British and European champion

Glave opened his 2026 indoor season with a win over reigning world indoor champion Jeremiah Azu, and Olympic 100 metres silver medalist Kishane Thompson at the BAUHAUS-Galan Indoor, a World Athletics Winkle Indoor Tour Silver meeting, in Stockholm, winning in a personal best 6.51 seconds.[21] Glave placed second in the final of the 60 metres at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham on 14 February 2026, finishing behind Jeremiah Azu and ahead of Jody Smith, running 6.62 seconds in the final.[22]

Glave was named in the British squad for the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana, anchoring the British men to a qualification spot for the final on the opening day.[23][24] On 20 May, Glave ran a wind-aided 9.88 seconds (+2.7) for the 100 m at the Savona International Meeting in Italy before winning over 100 m at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland on 3 June.[25][26] On 20 June, Glave broke the ten-second barrier for the 100 metres with a wind-legal 9.98 seconds to win the final at the 2026 UK Athletics Championships.[27][28] Competing at the 2026 London Athletics Meet on 18 July, Glave ran a new 100 metres personal best of 9.97 seconds.[29] At the 2026 Commonwealth Games he ran for England in the men's 4 × 100 m relay.[30]

On 11 August, Glave won the 100 metres title at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, winning the gold medal with a run of 10.09 seconds ahead of Jeremiah Azu as part of a British one-two finish, with German Owen Ansah in third place.[31] On 15 August, he ran the anchor-leg alongside Azu, Zharnel Hughes, and Louie Hinchliffe as Britain won the gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the championships.[32]

Personal life

He studied a BTEC Extended Diploma in sports.[4][33]

References

  1. ↑ "Romell Glave". Team England. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Romell Glave". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 Meehan, Tomas. "Can Romell Glave be as good as Usain Bolt?". Sports Gazette. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. 1 2 Scarr, Georgia (4 October 2017). "Q&A: Imani Lansiquot and Romell Glave". Runners World. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Romell Glave's sprinting success". Athletics Weekly. January 8, 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Competition Round-Up 10-11th August 2019". Croydon Harriers. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  7. ↑ Collett, Jasmine (June 4, 2024). "Romell Glave ready to make his mark in European Champs debut". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Smythe, Steve (August 15, 2023). "Alastair Watson takes down 41-year-old world masters record". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Smythe, Steve (September 7, 2023). "Romell Glave runs 10.02 100m – UK track results round-up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ujah returns to British squad for world relays". BBC Sport. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024". British Athletics. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "Hailu and Crestan impress as meeting records fall in Ostrava". World Athletics. 4 Feb 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". British Athletics. 26 Feb 2025. Retrieved 26 Feb 2025.
  15. ↑ "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS 2025". British Athletics. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "GB & NI SECURE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SPOTS ON CRUCIAL FIRST DAY AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS". British Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  17. ↑ "SOLID PERFORMANCES FROM DAY THREE AT THE EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MADRID". British Athletics. 28 Jun 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "GB&NI Team for European Team Championships Announced". Fast Running. June 12, 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  20. ↑ Henderson, Jason (26 August 2025). "BRITISH TEAM NAMED FOR WORLD CHAMPS IN TOKYO". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  21. ↑ Mills, Steven (22 Jan 2026). "Glave takes down Azu and Thompson over 60m in Stockholm". European Athletics. Retrieved 22 Jan 2026.
  22. ↑ "JEREMIAH AZU SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS UK INDOOR 60M TITLE". Athletics Weekly. 14 Feb 2026. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
  23. ↑ "Jamaica set mixed 4x100m world record of 39.99 in Gaborone". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  24. ↑ "ZHARNEL HUGHES, CHARLIE DOBSON, DESIREE HENRY AMONG GB RELAY TEAM FOR BOTSWANA". Athletics Weekly. 4 March 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  25. ↑ "CAMRYN ROGERS BREAKS 80 METRES AGAIN AS BRITS IMPRESS IN TURKU". Athletics Weekly. 3 June 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
  26. ↑ Mills, Steven (20 May 2026). "Wind-aided 9.88 100m for Romell Glave in Savona". European Athletics. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  27. ↑ Mills, Steven (20 Jun 2026). "Glave clocks 9.98 to win men's 100m title at UK Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  28. ↑ "Hunt and Glave win British 100m titles". BBC Sport. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  29. ↑ Henderson, Jason (18 July 2026). "HODGKINSON BATTLES BACK TO HOME 800M WIN AS JACKSON STUNS IN THE DISCUS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  30. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  31. ↑ Poole, Harry (11 August 2026). "GB's Glave and Azu claim European 100m one-two". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  32. ↑ "Hunt wins third gold as Asher-Smith makes history". BBC Sport. 15 August 2026. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  33. ↑ "South Norwood teen who's already bolting on the fast track". Inside Croydon. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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