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

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, and a graduate of Bolles School and the

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, with a major in business administration. Alleyne made his official debut, as a 17-year-old, at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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

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(3:58.12). At the

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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

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. 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

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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,

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, 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 Maximiliano "Max" Schnettler Ramírez (born January 30, 1986) is a male freestyle swimmer from Chile. He competed for his native South American country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also swam at the 2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan ...

by 0.02 of a second.

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Player Bio – Georgia Bulldogs
1983 births Living people Commonwealth Games competitors for Barbados Pan American Games competitors for Barbados Olympic swimmers of Barbados Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Barbadian male freestyle swimmers Georgia Bulldogs men's swimmers Sportspeople from Bridgetown {{Barbados-swimming-bio-stub