Diego Armando Palomeque Echavarría (born 5 December 1993) 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.
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 August 2012 and 11 August 2014.
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Personal bests 100 m: 10.11 s (wind: +1.9 m/s) – Asunción, Paraguay, 23 June 2017 200 m: 20.32 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) – Medellín, Colombia, 11 June 2017 400 m: 45.25 s A– Medellín, Colombia, 30 April 2016
Achievements Representing 2010South American Youth ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile2nd400 m47.892011South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina2nd4 × 400 m relay3:09.67Pan American Junior ChampionshipsMiramar, United States4th400 m48.30South American Junior ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia2nd100 m10.45 A (0.0 m/s)1st200 m20.94 A (0.0 m/s)2nd4 × 100 m relay40.08 A2nd4 × 400 m relay3:08.71 A2012Ibero-American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela5th400 m46.52World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain30th (h)400 m47.552014Pan American Sports FestivalMexico City, Mexico8th100 m10.51 A (-1.3 m/s)9th (h)200 m21.09 A (-0.6 m/s)South American Under-23 ChampionshipsMontevideo, Uruguay3rd200 m21.02 (+1.4 m/s)3rd4 × 400 m relay3:11.95Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico3rd (h)100 m10.45 A (-0.7 m/s)3rd4 × 400 m relay3:02.52 A2015South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru1st100m10.40 (-1.1 m/s)2nd200m21.15 (0.0 m/s)3rd4 × 100 m relay40.802017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom41st (h)100 m10.4512th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:03.68Bolivarian GamesSanta Marta, Colombia2nd100 m10.312nd4 × 100 m relay39.582018South American GamesCochabamba, Bolivia7th100 m10.39 –200 mDNF1st4 × 100 m relay38.971st4 × 400 m relay3:04.78Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia10th (h)100 m10.3116th4 × 100 m relay39.173rd4 × 400 m relay3:04.352019World RelaysYokohama, Japan8th (B)4 × 400 m relay3:07.52South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru3rd100 m10.473rd4 × 100 m relay39.941st4 × 400 m relay3:04.04Pan American GamesLima, Peru21st (h)100 m10.651st4 × 400 m relay3:01.41World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar4th4 × 400 m relay2:59.502021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan13th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:03.20 1Did not start in the semifinals
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