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Damian Alleyne
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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 (1:5275), and twenty-sixth in the 400 m freestyle (3:5812).
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.
