Diego Palomeque

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

Diego Palomeque
Palomeque (right) in 2019
Personal information
Full nameDiego Armando Palomeque Echavarría
Nationality Colombia
Born (1993-12-05) 5 December 1993
Apartadó, Antioquia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.11 (Asunción 2017)
200 m: 20.50 (Cali 2015)
400 m: 45.25 (Medellín 2016)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
2019 Lima4×400 m relay
South American Championships
2015 Lima100 m
2017 Asunción100 m
2015 Lima200 m
2011 Buenos Aires4×400 m relay
2015 Lima4×100 m relay
South American Junior Championships
2011 Medellín200 m
2011 Medellín100 m
2011 Medellín4×100 m relay
2011 Medellín4×400 m relay
South American Youth Championships
2010 Santiago400 m
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.

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: 10.11 s (wind: +1.9 m/s) – Asunción, 23 June 2017
  • 200 m: 20.50 s A (wind: +1.9 m/s) – Cali, 21 November 2015
  • 400 m: 45.25 s A– Medellín, 30 April 2016

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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
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
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.41
World Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 4 × 400 m relay 2:59.50

1Did not start in the semifinals

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. 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.
  5. Diego Armando Palomeque - Colombia, Tilastopaja Oy, Littoinen, Finland, retrieved December 11, 2014


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