Noraldo Palacios

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Palacios and the second or maternal family name is Rivas.

Noraldo Palacios Rivas (born 8 July 1980 in Turbo, Antioquia) is a Colombian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 79.09 metres, achieved in October 2006 in Tunja.^[1]

He won bronze medals at the 2005 South American Championships and the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, and silver medals at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2003 South American Championships.

In 2009 he was found guilty of betamethasone doping. The sample was delivered on 22 May 2008 in an in-of-competition test in São Paulo. He received a suspension from June 2008 to December 2008, meaning that he had already served the time.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Colombia
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	75.11 m
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	9th	69.09 m
	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2nd	76.81 m
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	3rd	73.54 m
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	3rd	74.10 m
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	1st	79.09 m
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5th	71.14 m
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	2nd	77.20 m
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	77.87 m

References

1. ^ IAAF profile for Noraldo Palacios
2. ^ "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF.org. 7 January 2009. http://www.iaaf.org/antidoping/news/newsid=48859.html. Retrieved 11 January 2009. 

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Name	Palacios, Noraldo
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Date of birth	8 July 1980
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