Alleyne Jeremy Francique (born June 7, 1976) 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 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.
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 400 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and finished fourth with 44.66 s.
In the 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.
Competition record Representing 1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States –4 × 400 mDQ1998Central American and Caribbean GamesMaracaibo, Venezuela10th (sf)400 m47.9616th (h)800 m1:54.681999Pan American GamesWinnipeg, Canada14th (h)400 m46.46World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain42nd (h)400 m47.492001Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala4th400 m45.95World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada6th400 m46.232002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom5th400 m45.472003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom –400 mDQCentral American and Caribbean ChampionshipsSt. George's, Grenada1st400 m45.275th4 × 400 m3:06.98Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dom. Rep.3rd400 m45.518th4 × 400 m3:09.50World ChampionshipsParis, France6th400 m45.482004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1st400 m45.88Olympic GamesAthens, Greece4th400 m44.662005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland13th (sf)400 m46.592006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia1st400 m45.54Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia2nd400 m45.09Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia2nd400 m45.442007Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil5th400 m45.49World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan17th (sf)400 m45.412008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain23rd (h)400 m48.64Olympic GamesBeijing, China35th (h)400 m46.15
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