Diego Palomeque

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 1Did not start in the semifinals