Alleyne Francique

Alleyne Jeremy Francique is a retired Grenadian athlete who specialized in 400 metres, his personal best being 44.47 seconds set in 2004. He is the 400 m 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 2003 IAAF [World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final] in 45.25 s. He had won a 400 metres gold medal and finished fifth in 4 × [400 metres relay] at the 2003 [Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|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 Athletics at the [2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|400 metres] at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and finished fourth with 44.66 s.
In the 2005 [IAAF World Championships in Athletics|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.