George De Peana

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGeorge•De Peana
Used nameGeorge•De Peana
Born5 July 1936 in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica (GUY)
Died26 July 2021
NOC Guyana

Biography

A distance runner, George De Peana ran the 5,000 metres at the 1960 Roma Olympics. He competed at the 1959 Pan American Games, placing fourth in the 10K and fifth in the 5K.

De Peana moved to Jamaica in the 1970s where he served as a Worker Education Officer with the International Labour Organization (ILO). He later moved to Trinidad and Tobago where he became Director of the Caribbean Office of the ILO. De Peana eventually became General Secretary of the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU) and Principal Assistant Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC).

Personal Best: 5000 – 14:57.0 (1959).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1960 Summer Olympics Athletics GUY George De Peana
5,000 metres, Men (Olympic) 13 h4 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men (Olympic) DNS