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Colombian sprinter (born 1993)
Diego Palomeque
Palomeque (right) in 2019
Full name Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría Nationality
Colombia Born (1993-12-05 ) 5 December 1993 (age 30)
Apartadó ,
Antioquia Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Weight 67 kg (148 lb) Sport
Athletics Event
Sprints Personal best(s) 100 m: 10.11 (
Asunción 2017)200 m: 20.32 (Medellín 2017)400 m: 45.25 (Medellín 2016)Updated on 11 December 2014.
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Palomeque and the second or maternal family name is
Echavarría .
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
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)
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)
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)
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
12th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:03.68
Bolivarian Games
Santa Marta, Colombia
2nd
100 m
10.31
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
10.31 1
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
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
1 Did not start in the semifinals
References
External links
1951 :
B. Brown ,
M. Whitfield ,
J. Voight ,
H. Maiocco (
USA )
1955 :
J. Mashburn ,
L. Spurrier ,
J. Lea ,
L. Jones (
USA )
1959 :
Mel Spence ,
G. Kerr ,
Mal Spence ,
B. Ince (
BWI )
1963 :
O. Cassell ,
J. Johnson ,
R. Edmunds ,
E. Young (
USA )
1967 :
V. Matthews ,
E. Taylor ,
E. Stinson ,
L. Evans (
USA )
1971 :
J. Smith ,
D. Alexander ,
F. Newhouse ,
T. Turner (
USA )
1975 :
H. Frazier ,
R. Taylor ,
M. Peoples ,
R. Ray (
USA )
1979 :
T. Darden ,
M. Peoples ,
H. Frazier ,
J. Walker (
USA )
1983 :
A. Babers ,
M. Bradley ,
J. Rolle ,
E. Carey (
USA )
1987 :
R. Pierre ,
K. Robinzine ,
R. Haley ,
M. Rowe (
USA )
1991 :
H. Herrera ,
A. Pavó ,
J. Valentín ,
L. Martínez (
CUB )
1995 :
J. Crusellas ,
N. Téllez ,
O. Mena ,
I. García (
CUB )
1999 :
D. Clarke ,
M. McDonald ,
D. McFarlane ,
G. Haughton (
JAM )
2003 :
D. Clarke ,
L. Spence ,
S. Ayre ,
M. Campbell (
JAM )
2007 :
A. Williams ,
A. Moncur ,
M. Mathieu ,
C. Brown (
BAH )
2011 :
N. Ruíz ,
R. Acea ,
O. Cisneros ,
W. Collazo (
CUB )
2015 :
R. Quow ,
J. Solomon ,
E. Mayers ,
M. Cedenio (
TTO )
2019 :
J. Perlaza ,
D. Palomeque ,
J. Solís ,
A. Zambrano (
COL )
2023 :
L. Carvalho ,
M. Lima ,
D. Hernandes ,
L. Vilar (
BRA )