Diego Palomeque
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
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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
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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- 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)
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