Diego Palomeque

Diego Palomeque
	Palomeque (right) in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría
Nationality	Colombia
Born	5 December 1993 (age 30); Apartadó, Antioquia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.11 (Asunción 2017); 200 m: 20.32 (Medellín 2017); 400 m: 45.25 (Medellín 2016)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Colombia
Pan American Games
South American Championships
South American Junior Championships
South American Youth Championships
	Updated on 8 July 2024

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]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Personal bests

100 m: 10.11 s (wind: +1.9 m/s) – Asunción, 23 June 2017
200 m: 20.32 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) – Medellín, 11 June 2017
400 m: 45.25 s A– Medellín, 30 April 2016

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Colombia
2010	South American Youth Championships	Santiago, Chile	2nd	400 m	47.89
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.67
	Pan American Junior Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	4th	400 m	48.30
	South American Junior Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	100 m	10.45 A (0.0 m/s)
			1st	200 m	20.94 A (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	400 m	46.52
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	30th (h)	400 m	47.55
2014	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	8th	100 m	10.51 A (-1.3 m/s)
	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	9th (h)	200 m	21.09 A (-0.6 m/s)
	South American Under-23 Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	3rd	200 m	21.02 (+1.4 m/s)
	South American Under-23 Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.95
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	3rd (h)	100 m	10.45 A (-0.7 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.52 A
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	100m	10.40 (-1.1 m/s)
			2nd	200m	21.15 (0.0 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	40.80
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	41st (h)	100 m	10.45
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	12th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.68
	Bolivarian Games	Santa Marta, Colombia	2nd	100 m	10.31
	Bolivarian Games	Santa Marta, Colombia	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.58
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	7th	100 m	10.39
			–	200 m	DNF
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.97
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.78
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	10th (h)	100 m	10.31¹
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	39.17
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.35
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	8th (B)	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.52
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	3rd	100 m	10.47
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.94
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.04
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	21st (h)	100 m	10.65
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.41
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.50
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.20

¹Did not start in the semifinals

References

^ HOJA DE VIDA (PDF) (in Spanish), Colombian Olympic Committee, retrieved May 17, 2013
^ "iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 2012-08-27.
^ "Diego Palomeque se clasifico a Juegos Olimpicos". Hora 13 Noticias (in Spanish). 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-18.
^ "IOC DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING DIEGO PALOMEQUE ECHAVARRIA" (PDF). IOC. 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
^ Diego Armando Palomeque - Colombia, Tilastopaja Oy, Littoinen, Finland, retrieved December 11, 2014
^ "Athletics PALOMEQUE Diego". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2021-08-29.

External links

Diego Palomeque at World Athletics

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[col_01-1] HOJA DE VIDA (PDF) (in Spanish), Colombian Olympic Committee, retrieved May 17, 2013

[2] "iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 2012-08-27.

[3] "Diego Palomeque se clasifico a Juegos Olimpicos". Hora 13 Noticias (in Spanish). 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-18.

[4] "IOC DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING DIEGO PALOMEQUE ECHAVARRIA" (PDF). IOC. 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2012-09-17.

[guadalajara_01-5] Diego Armando Palomeque - Colombia, Tilastopaja Oy, Littoinen, Finland, retrieved December 11, 2014

[6] "Athletics PALOMEQUE Diego". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2021-08-29.

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