Damian Alleyne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Damian Alleyne

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1983

Place of Birth: Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Barbados

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Damian Alleyne

  • Damian Arthur Christopher Alleyne (born March 31, 1983) is a Barbadian former swimmer who specialized in freestyle events.
  • He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), a varsity swimmer for the Georgia Bulldogs, and a graduate of Bolles School and the University of Georgia, with a major in business administration. Alleyne made his official debut, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
  • He failed to advance into the succeeding rounds in any of his individual events, finishing twenty-seventh in the 200 m freestyle (1:52.75), and twenty-sixth in the 400 m freestyle (3:58.12).At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Alleyne maintained his program by qualifying for two swimming events.
  • He cleared FINA B-standard entry times of 51.89 (100 m freestyle) and 1:53.19 (200 m freestyle) from the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
  • In the 200 m freestyle, Alleyne challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including fellow two-time Olympians Joshua Ilika Brenner of Mexico and Giancarlo Zolezzi of Chile.
  • He edged out Algeria's Mahrez Mebarek to take a third spot and thirty-fourth overall by 0.11 of a second in 1:52.89.
  • In his second event, 100 m freestyle, Alleyne placed forty-eighth overall on the morning's preliminaries.
  • Swimming in heat three, Alleyne matched his entry time of 51.89 to save a fifth spot over Zolezzi's compatriot Max Schnettler by 0.02 of a second.

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