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). 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"Five athletes confirmed for Beijing Olympics — door open to others" , Guyana Chronicle, 12 June 2008 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.O'Neil, A. Reid (24 September 2009). Aliann Pompey: Guyana's Gem. Tracklife. Retrieved on 2010-06-04. She received her bachelor's degree from Manhattan College in 1999.
Personal bests EventTime (sec)VenueDate200 metres 23.33 Patras, Greece 12 July 2004400 metres 50.71 Berlin, Germany 16 August 2009400 metres (indoor) 51.83 New York City, United States 26 February 2010 All information taken from IAAF profile.
Competition record Representing 1999Pan American GamesWinnipeg, Canada4th (h)400 m52.65Did not start in the final2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia31st (qf)400 m53.422001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal10th (sf)400 m53.18World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada20th (h)400 m51.962002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom 1st400 m51.632003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom8th (sf)400 m52.74Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic 3rd400 m52.06World ChampionshipsParis, France25th (h)400 m52.212004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece17th (sf)400 m51.612005Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsNassau, Bahamas4th400 m52.21World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland37th (h)400 m53.122006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia16th (h)400 m53.72Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia21st (h)400 m53.76Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia8th400 m54.112007Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil13th (h)400 m53.03World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan23rd (sf)400 m53.582008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia7th (h)400 m52.08Olympic GamesBeijing, China11th (sf)400 m50.932009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany11th (sf)400 m50.712010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar5th400 m52.75Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico6th200 m24.27 2nd400 m52.33Commonwealth GamesNew Delhi, India 2nd400 m51.652011Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico4th400 m52.02World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea25th (h)400 m53.592012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey18th (h)400 m54.63Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom21st (sf)400 m52.58
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External links
Aliann T. O. Pompey Interview