Colombian sprinter (born 1993)
Diego Palomeque
Palomeque (right) in 2019
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) Sport Athletics Event Sprints Personal best(s) 100 m: 10.11 (Asunción 2017)200 m: 20.32 (Medellín 2017)400 m: 45.25 (Medellín 2016)Updated on 11 December 2014
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Palomeque and the second or maternal family name is
Echavarría .
Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría (born 5 December 1993 in Apartadó , Antioquia )[1] is a Colombian sprinter .
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Colombia 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 10.31 1 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 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.04 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 21st (h) 100 m 10.65 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
1 Did not start in the semifinals
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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 )