Diego Palomeque

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.

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