Diego Palomeque
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Full name | Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Apartadó, Antioquia | 5 December 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) |
100 m: 10.11 (Asunción 2017) 200 m: 20.50 (Cali 2015) 400 m: 45.25 (Medellín 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 11 December 2014. |
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]
Personal bests
Achievements
1Did not start in the semifinals
References
- ↑ HOJA DE VIDA (PDF) (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Colombiano, retrieved May 17, 2013
- ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=62632
- ↑ "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
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