Aliann Pompey

Aliann Tabitha Omalara Pompey OLY[1] (born 9 March 1978) is a Guyanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She has represented Guyana at the Summer Olympics on four separate occasions (2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012).[2] She has competed at the World Championships in Athletics eleven times.

Aliann Pompey
Personal information
Full nameAliann Tabitha Omalara Pompey
Born (1978-03-09) 9 March 1978
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Guyana
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Guyana
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2002 Manchester400 m
Silver medal – second place2010 New Delhi400 m
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2003 Santo Domingo400 m
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Mayaguez 400 m
Updated on 20 September 2012.

Pompey won the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and also won a bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. She holds the South American indoor record for the 400 m. She participated at the World Championships in Athletics in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011 as well as the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2001, 2003 2004, 2006 and 2010 and the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008 and 2012[3] without reaching the final. Her personal best time is 50.71 seconds, achieved in August 2009 at the World Championships in Berlin.

Born in Georgetown, Guyana, she moved to the United States at the age of 14 and graduated from Cohoes High School, and then Manhattan College in The Bronx, New York City. Initially uninterested in track and field, she began to take running seriously in 1995, quickly reducing her 400 metres best time to 53 seconds and winning the state championships. She won the 400 m at the 2000 NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship, becoming the Manhattan Jaspers' first ever female national champion.[4] She received her bachelor's degree from Manhattan College in 1999.[5]

Personal bests
Event Time (sec) Venue Date
200 metres23.33Patras, Greece12 July 2004
400 metres50.71Berlin, Germany16 August 2009
400 metres (indoor)51.83New York City, United States26 February 2010
  • All information taken from IAAF profile.

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Guyana
1999 Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 4th (h) 400 m 52.65[6]
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 31st (qf) 400 m 53.42
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 10th (sf) 400 m 53.18
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 20th (h) 400 m 51.96
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 1st 400 m 51.63
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 8th (sf) 400 m 52.74
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 3rd 400 m 52.06
World Championships Paris, France 25th (h) 400 m 52.21
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 17th (sf) 400 m 51.61
2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 4th 400 m 52.21
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 37th (h) 400 m 53.12
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 16th (h) 400 m 53.72
Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 21st (h) 400 m 53.76
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 8th 400 m 54.11
2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13th (h) 400 m 53.03
World Championships Osaka, Japan 23rd (sf) 400 m 53.58
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 7th (h) 400 m 52.08
Olympic Games Beijing, China 11th (sf) 400 m 50.93
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 11th (sf) 400 m 50.71
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 5th 400 m 52.75
Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 6th 200 m 24.27
2nd 400 m 52.33
Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India 2nd 400 m 51.65
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 4th 400 m 52.02
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 25th (h) 400 m 53.59
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 18th (h) 400 m 54.63
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 21st (sf) 400 m 52.58

References
  1. "WOA Leadership". World Olympians Association. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aliann Pompey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. "Five athletes confirmed for Beijing Olympics — door open to others" Archived 26 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Guyana Chronicle, 12 June 2008
  4. O'Neil, A. Reid (24 September 2009). Aliann Pompey: Guyana's Gem. Tracklife. Retrieved on 2010-06-04.
  5. "Manhattan Jaspers: Pompey continues run". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  6. Did not start in the final
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