Stoute was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England to Barbadian parents. She first came to international attention, when she reached the 200 metres final representing England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she pulled up injured and failed to finish. In 1988, at the Olympic Games, she was a member of the British 4 × 400 m relay quartet that finished sixth in the final. In 1989, she finished fourth in the 200 metres final at the European Indoor Championships. In January 1990, representing England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, Stoute was fourth in the 200 metres final, just one one-hundredth of a second behind bronze medalistPauline Davis. She also finished fifth in the 400 metres final before winning two relay medals, silver in the 4 × 100 m and gold in the 4 × 400 m, along with Angela Piggford, Linda Keough and Sally Gunnell. At the 1990 European Championships in Split she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay, along with Pat Beckford, Keough and Gunnell. At the 1991 World Championships, she again succumbed to injury pulling up in her 200m quarter-final and forcing her out of the relay. The peak of Stoute's career came in 1992, at the Barcelona Olympics, where she ran her lifetime best in the 200 metres of 22.73 secs to reach the semi-finals, before going on to earn a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay along with Phylis Smith, Sandra Douglas and Sally Gunnell. She competed at the 1993 World Championships, where she reached the quarter-finals of the 200 metres. After two years struggling with injuries, she finished fifth in the 200 metres at the 1996 British Olympic trials in Birmingham, failing to earn selection. Her final major Competition was the 1997 World Indoor Championships. From 1996 - 1999 she appeared as "Rebel" in the TV showGladiators. She also returned for the 2008 revival and appeared in two Legend specials. Stoute and her husband, fellow sprinter John Regis, have two daughters, both born in Bromley, Greater London: Alicia Jazmin and Renee Stefani.
