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| Diego Palomeque | |
| Fullname: | Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Sprints |
| Birth Date: | 1993 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Apartadó, Antioquia |
| Height: | 1.76m (05.77feet) |
| Weight: | 67kg (148lb) |
| Pb: | 100 m: 10.11 (Asunción 2017) 200 m: 20.32 (Medellín 2017) 400 m: 45.25 (Medellín 2016) |
| Updated: | 8 July 2024 |
Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría (born 5 December 1993 in Apartadó, Antioquia) is a Colombian sprinter.
He tied Aldemir da Silva Junior for the 200 metres title at the 2011 South American Junior Championships in Athletics.[1]
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.[2] He was initially suspended and later excluded from the games after testing positive for exogenous testosterone.[3] He was banned for two years between 12.08.2012 and 11.08.2014.
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
Medellín, 11 June 2017 Medellín, 30 April 2016| Representing | ||||||
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| 2010 | South American Youth Championships | Santiago, Chile | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 400 m | 47.89 |
| 2011 | South American Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | bgcolor=silver | 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 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 100 m | 10.45 A (0.0 m/s) | |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 200 m | 20.94 A (0.0 m/s) | |||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.08 A | |||
| bgcolor=silver | 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 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 100m | 10.40 (-1.1 m/s) |
| bgcolor=silver | 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 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 100 m | 10.31 | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.58 | |||
| 2018 | South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 7th | 100 m | 10.39 | |
| – | 200 m | DNF | ||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.97 | |||
| bgcolor=gold | 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 | ||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.04 | |||
| Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 21st (h) | 100 m | 10.65 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 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 | |