Colombian sprinterUpdated 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) is a Colombian sprinter.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Personal bests
• 3 Achievements
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Career

He tied Aldemir da Silva Junior for the 200 metres *le 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.

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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

1Did not start in the semifinals

References

External links

• Diego Palomeque at World Athletics