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Diego Palomeque

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Nationality
  
Colombia

Weight
  
67 kg

Height
  
1.76 m


Name
  
Diego Palomeque

Sport
  
Athletics

Events
  
Sprint

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Full name
  
Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarria

Born
  
5 December 1993 (age 30) (
1993-12-05
)
Apartado, Antioquia

Personal best(s)
  
100 m: 10.45 (Medellin 2011) 200 m: 20.94 (Medellin 2011) 400 m: 45.62 NJR (Medellin 2012)

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

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Career

He tied Aldemir da Silva Junior for the 200 metres title at the 2011 South American Junior Championships in Athletics.

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. He was initially suspended and later excluded from the games after testing positive for exogenous testosterone. He was banned for two years between 12.08.2012 and 11.08.2014.

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
  • References

    Diego Palomeque Wikipedia