Grenadian sprinter
Alleyne Francique
Full name Alleyne Jeremy Francique Born June 7, 1976 (1976-06-07 ) (age 48)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 .
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
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 )
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