Grenadian sprinter
Alleyne Francique
Full name Alleyne Jeremy Francique Born June 7, 1976 (1976-06-07 ) (age 47)St. Andrew's , Grenada Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Alleyne Jeremy Francique (born June 7, 1976) is a retired Grenadian athlete who specialized in 400 metres , his personal best being 44.47 seconds set in 2004. He is the 400m two-time world indoor champion in 2004 and 2006.
He won his first world-level medal in 2003, when he finished third in the first World Athletics Final in 45.25 s. He had won a 400 metres gold medal and finished fifth in 4x400 metres relay at the 2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships .
The next year he won the gold medal at the World Indoor Championships , achieving the result 45.88 s. Later that year he competed in 400 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics , and finished fourth with 44.66 s.
In the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki , he competed in 400 metres but only reached the semi-finals, running 46.59 s which is far above his personal best. In 2006, however, he defended his title at the World Indoor Championships with 45.54 s. In March the same year he won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games . He then finished sixth at the World Athletics Final and fourth at the World Cup .
Francique ran track collegiately at Louisiana State University .
Competition record [ edit ] Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Grenada 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States – 4 × 400 m DQ 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 10th (sf) 400 m 47.96 16th (h) 800 m 1:54.68 1999 Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 14th (h) 400 m 46.46 World Championships Seville, Spain 42nd (h) 400 m 47.49 2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 4th 400 m 45.95 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 6th 400 m 46.23 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 5th 400 m 45.47 2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom – 400 m DQ Central American and Caribbean Championships St. George's, Grenada 1st 400 m 45.27 5th 4 × 400 m 3:06.98 Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. 3rd 400 m 45.51 8th 4 × 400 m 3:09.50 World Championships Paris, France 6th 400 m 45.48 2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 400 m 45.88 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 4th 400 m 44.66 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 13th (sf) 400 m 46.59 2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 1st 400 m 45.54 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 2nd 400 m 45.09 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 2nd 400 m 45.44 2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5th 400 m 45.49 World Championships Osaka, Japan 17th (sf) 400 m 45.41 2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 23rd (h) 400 m 48.64 Olympic Games Beijing, China 35th (h) 400 m 46.15
References [ edit ]
1977: West Germany (Krieg , Hofmeister , Schmid , Herrmann ) 1979: United States (Frazier , Green , Smith , Darden ) 1981: United States (McCoy , Wiley , Smith , Darden ) 1985: United States (McCoy , Phillips , Armstead , Franks ) 1989: Americas (Martínez , Menezes , Burnett , Hernández ) 1992: Africa (Lahlou , Matete , Kemboi , Bada ) 1994: Great Britain (McKenzie , Ladejo , Baulch , Black ) 1998: Great Britain (Hylton , Baulch , Baldock , Thomas ) 2002: Americas (Sánchez , Francique , McDonald , Blackwood ) 2006: United States (Ashley , Brew , Merritt , Williamson ) 2010: Americas (Brenes , Jackson , Nixon , Chambers ) 2014: Africa (Tumuti , Makwala , Kombe , Van Niekerk )