George De Peana

{{Short description|Guyanese long-distance runner (1936–2021)}}

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| birth_place = Georgetown, Guyana

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George De Peana (5 July 1936 – 26 July 2021[https://www.stabroeknews.com/2021/07/28/news/guyana/prominent-trade-unionist-george-de-peana-has-died/ Prominent trade unionist George De Peana has died]) was a Guyanese Olympic long-distance runner and trade union leader.

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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062417/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/george-de-peana-1.html George De Peana at Sports Reference] Sports Reference In 1957, he jointly won the Guyanese Sportsman of the Year award.{{cite news |last1=Baptiste |first1=Mike |title=A Sport and Art legend, ‘Caribbean Man’ |url=https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2015/04/26/a-sport-and-art-legend-caribbean-man/ |accessdate=6 November 2019 |work=Kaieteur News |date=26 August 2015}}

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.{{cite news |title=De Peana steps down as CCL head |url=https://legacy.guardian.co.tt/archives/2007-07-24/business5.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106122442/https://legacy.guardian.co.tt/archives/2007-07-24/business5.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2019 |accessdate=6 November 2019 |work=Trinidad Guardian |date=24 July 2007 }}{{cite book |title=CARICOM: Our Caribbean Community : an Introduction |date=2005 |publisher=Ian Randle Publishers |isbn=9766370567 |page=175}}