Diego Palomeque
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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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría (born 5 December 1993 in
.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
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Colombia
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| 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 | |||
| Bolivarian Games | Santa Marta, Colombia
|
2nd | 100 m | 10.31 | |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.58 | |||
| 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
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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
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21st (h) | 100 m | 10.65 | |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.41 | |||
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar
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4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.50 | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan
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13th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.20 |
1Did not start in the semifinals
References
- ^
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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