 Neita at the2022 World Athletics Championships inEugene | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | (1996-08-29)29 August 1996 (age 29) London, England |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 60 m,100 m,200 m |
| Club | Cambridge Harriers |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbests | |
Medal record | |
Daryll Saskia Neita (born 29 August 1996)[1] is a Britishsprinter. She won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the2024 European Championships along with bronze in the100 metres at the2022 European Championships,2022 Commonwealth Games and in the60 metres at the2023 European Indoor Championships. She has also won several medals as part of Great Britain4 × 100 m relay teams, including anOlympic silver medal in2024 and bronze medals in2016 and2021,World Championships silver medals in2017 and2019 and European gold in2018.
Her60 metres indoor best of 7.05 seconds and 100 metres best of 10.90 seconds achieved at the 2023ISTAF Indoor and2022 Commonwealth Games respectively puts her second on the relevant UK all-time lists behindDina Asher-Smith. Neita is a five-time British national champion, twice outdoors over 100 m, twice outdoors over200 m, and once indoors over 60 m.
In 2015, Neita finished fourth in the 100 metres final at theEuropean 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 theEuropean Championships, she won a silver medal in the4 × 100 metres relay. On 22 July, Neita and her teammatesAsha Philip,Desiree Henry andDina Asher-Smith broke the British record in the 4 × 100 metres, with 41.81 seconds. At the2016 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 theAnniversary 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 theWorld 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 theEuropean Championships in Berlin. At the Championships she qualified for the semi finials but missed out on the final afterfinishing 4th in a time of 11.27.[1]
In September 2019, Neita finished in 1st place in the 100 m, representing Europe inThe Match, a two-day team competition against the USA inMinsk, Belarus.[4] At theWorld Championships inDoha 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]
In 2021, after it was announced that her coachRana Reider was being investigated by theUS 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 theTokyo 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]
In 2022, Neita represented England at theCommonwealth Games inBirmingham, 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 theEuropean Championships.[1][10] Neita became theBritish 200 metres champion after winning the title at the2022 British Athletics Championships.[11]
Neita won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the2024 European Championships inRome, Italy, with a time of 22.50s.[12][13]
After winning the 100 metres gold medal at the2024 British Athletics Championships,[14] Neita was subsequently named in theGreat Britain team for the2024 Summer Olympics.[15][16] She placed fourth in the100 m, the best result by a British woman in 64 years in the event. Neita also placed fifth in the200 m, and won a silver medal in the4 × 100 m relay.[17][18][19][20]
In November 2024, it was announced that Neita had signed up for the inaugural season of theMichael Johnson foundedGrand Slam Track.[21][22]
| Grand Slam Track results[23] | |||||
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| Slam | Race group | Event | Pl. | Time | Prize money |
| 2025 Kingston Slam | Short sprints | 100 m | 4th | 11.33 | US$20,000 |
| 200 m | 5th | 23.89 | |||
| 2025 Miami Slam | Short sprints | 100 m | 8th | 11.16 | US$10,000 |
| 200 m | 8th | 22.93 | |||
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 hNR) | |||
| 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 sfPB) | |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.41SB | |||
| 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 |
1Time from the heats; Neita was replaced in the final.
Commonwealth Games champions in women's4 × 100 metres relay | |
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