Diego Palomeque

Diego Palomeque

Personal information
Full name	Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría
Nationality	Colombia
Born	5 December 1993 Apartadó, Antioquia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.45 (Medellín 2011) 200 m: 20.94 (Medellín 2011) 400 m: 45.62 NJR (Medellín 2012)
Medal record Men's athletics Competitor for  Colombia South American Championships 2011 Buenos Aires 4×400 m relay South American Junior Championships 2011 Medellín 200 m 2011 Medellín 100 m 2011 Medellín 4×100 m relay 2011 Medellín 4×400 m relay South American Youth Championships 2010 Santiago 400 m
Updated on 11 December 2014.

Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría (born 5 December 1993 in Apartadó, Antioquia)^[1] is a Colombian sprinter.

Career

He tied Aldemir da Silva Junior for the 200 metres title at the 2011 South American Junior Championships in Athletics.^[2]

On 28 April 2012, Palomeque broke the Colombian National Junior Record in the 400 metres with 45.62, thereby also meeting the 'B'-Standard to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[3] He was initially suspended and later excluded from the games after testing positive for exogenous testosterone.^[4] He was banned for two years between 12.08.2012 and 11.08.2014.^[5]

Personal bests

• 100 m: 10.41 s A (wind: -1.6 m/s) – Ciudad de México, 15 August 2014
• 200 m: 20.69 s A (wind: +0.3 m/s) – Medellín, 29 April 2012
• 400 m: 45.62 s A– Medellín, 28 April 2012

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Colombia
2010	South American Youth Championships	Santiago, Chile	2nd	400 m	47.89 s
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.67
	Pan American Junior Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	4th	400m	48.30
	South American Junior Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	100m	10.45 A (wind: 0.0 m/s)
			1st	200m	20.94 A (wind: 0.0 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.08 A
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.71 A
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	5th	400m	46.52
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	30th (h)	400m	47.55
2014	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	8th	100m	10.51 A (wind: -1.3 m/s)
			9th (h)	200m	21.09 A (wind: -0.6 m/s)
	South American Under-23 Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	3rd	200m	21.02 (wind: +1.4 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.95
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	3rd (h)	100m	10.45 A (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.52 A
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	100m	10.40 (wind: -1.1 m/s)
			2nd	200m	21.15 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	40.80

References

1. HOJA DE VIDA (PDF) (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Colombiano, retrieved May 17, 2013
2. http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=62632
3. "Diego Palomeque se clasifico a Juegos Olimpicos". Hora 13 Noticias (in Spanish). 30 April 2012.
4. "IOC DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING DIEGO PALOMEQUE ECHAVARRIA" (PDF). IOC. 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
5. Diego Armando Palomeque - Colombia, Tilastopaja Oy, Littoinen, Finland, retrieved December 11, 2014

External links

• Diego Palomeque profile at IAAF