Aliann Pompey

Aliann Pompey

OLY^[1]

Personal information
Full name	Aliann Tabitha Omalara Pompey
Born	(1978-03-09) 9 March 1978 (age 46)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Guyana
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Guyana Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester 400 m 2010 New Delhi 400 m Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo 400 m Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayaguez 400 m
Updated on 20 September 2012

Aliann Tabitha Omalara Pompey (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.

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 metres	23.33	Patras, Greece	12 July 2004
400 metres	50.71	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009
400 metres (indoor)	51.83	New York City, United States	26 February 2010

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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

External links

• Aliann Pompey at World Athletics
• Aliann Pompey at Olympedia (archive)
• Aliann Pompey at Olympics.com
• Aliann Pompey at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Official website
• Aliann T. O. Pompey Interview

Olympic Games
Preceded by John Douglas	Flagbearer for  Guyana Sydney 2000 Athens 2004	Succeeded by Niall Roberts