Diego Palomeque

Diego Palomeque

Personal information
Full name	Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría
Nationality	Colombia
Born	(1993-12-05) 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 Representing 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.

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Palomeque and the second or maternal family name is Echavarría.

Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría (born 5 December 1993 in Apartadó, Antioquia) 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.

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. He was initially suspended and later excluded from the games after testing positive for exogenous testosterone. He was banned for two years between 12.08.2012 and 11.08.2014.

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

External links

• Diego Palomeque profile at IAAF