George De Peana

George De Peana (5 July 1936 – 26 July 2021[1]) was a Guyanese Olympic long-distance runner and trade union leader.

George De Peana
Personal information
NationalityGuyanese
Born(1936-07-05)5 July 1936
Georgetown, Guyana
Died26 July 2021(2021-07-26) (aged 85)
Sport
Country British Guiana
SportMiddle-distance running

De Peana represented his country in the men's 5000 meters at the 1960 Summer Olympics. His time was 15:54.2. De Peana finished fourth in the 1959 Pan American Games 10000 metres and fifth in the 1959 Pan American Games 5000 metres.[2] In 1957, he jointly won the Guyanese Sportsman of the Year award.[3]

After his sporting career, De Peana moved into trade unionism, becoming secretary of the Clerical and Commercial Workers' Union, then secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress, and from 1998 until 2007 was secretary of the Caribbean Congress of Labour.[4][5]

References

Trade union offices
Preceded by
Kertist Augustus
General Secretary of the Caribbean Congress of Labour
1998–2007
Succeeded by
Lincoln Lewis


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