Diego_Palomeque
Diego Palomeque
Colombian sprinter (born 1993)
Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría (born 5 December 1993 in Apartadó, Antioquia)[1] is a Colombian sprinter.
_(cropped).jpg) Palomeque (right) in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.11 (Asunción 2017) 200 m: 20.32 (Medellín 2017) 400 m: 45.25 (Medellín 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
1Did not start in the semifinals
- HOJA DE VIDA (PDF) (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Colombiano, 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.
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