Ximena Restrepo

Ximena Restrepo
Personal information
Full name	Ximena Restrepo Gaviria
Born	10 March 1969 (age 55); Medellín, Colombia
Education	University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia; Chile;
Sport	Athletics
Events	100 metres; 200 metres; 400 metres; 400 metres hurdles; 4×100 metres; 4×400 metres;
College team	Nebraska Cornhuskers
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1992 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Representing Colombia
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
South American Games
Bolivarian Games

Ximena Restrepo Gaviria (born March 10, 1969, in Medellín) is a former Colombian nationalized Chilean^[1] sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.

With the time of 49.64 seconds she won a bronze medal in 400 metres at the 1992 Olympic Games, Colombia's first athletics medal. This result is still a South American record, as is the case with her 200 metres time of 22.92 seconds, which she achieved in 1991. At the 1991 Pan American Games she won silver medals in 200 and 400 metres.

Restrepo is married to Chilean shot putter Gert Weil. She attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where she won the 1991 NCAA Championship in the 400 metres.^[2] Martina Weil, daughter of Ximena and Gert, is a track and field athlete at the University of Tennessee after winning the 400 meters in the South American U23 championships and setting a Chilean national record in the event, and recently won a gold medal in the 400 meters in the 2023 Panamerican games.^[3]

Living now in Chile, she is the first female elected vice-president of the World Athletics, in Doha on 25 September 2019.^[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Colombia
1985	Bolivarian Games	Cuenca, Ecuador	1st	200 m	24.93 A
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	47.89 A
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:58.22 A
1986	Pan American Junior Championships	Winter Park, United States	4th	100 m	11.98 (w)
	Pan American Junior Championships	Winter Park, United States	3rd	200 m	24.54
	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	20th (sf)	100 m	12.09 w ( 2.5 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	16th (sf)	200 m	24.42 (-0.8 m/s)
	South American Junior Championships	Quito, Ecuador	2nd	100 m	12.10
	South American Junior Championships	Quito, Ecuador	1st	200 m	24.08
	Ibero-American Championships	Havana, Cuba	1st	200 m	23.76 w ( 2.1 m/s)
1987	South American Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	1st	100 m	11.69
	South American Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	1st	200 m	23.72
	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	100 m	11.77
	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	200 m	23.49
1988	South American Junior Championships	Cubatão, Brazil	2nd	200 m	24.38
	Ibero-American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	4th	200 m	23.46 (0.0 m/s) A
	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	11th (sf)	100 m	11.83 ( 0.5 m/s)
			10th (sf)	200 m	23.90 w ( 2.1 m/s)
			1st (h)^[5]	400 m	53.48
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	34th (h)	200 m	24.00
			16th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	45.46¹
			–	4 × 400 m relay	DQ
1989	South American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	100 m	11.4
1990	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	45.29
1991	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	200 m	23.21
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	45.00
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:36.56
	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	2nd	200 m	23.16
			2nd	400 m	50.14
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	44.68
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.39
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	6th	400 m	50.79
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	400 m	51.66
	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	45.54
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	400 m	49.64
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.73²
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	5th	400 m	50.91
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	3rd	200 m	23.88
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.62
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	200 m	23.07 w ( 4.4 m/s)
			1st	400 m	52.69
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.87
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.35
	South American Games	Valencia, Venezuela	1st	400 m	51.31
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st (h)	400 m	52.65
	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	400 m	51.93
			1st	400 m hurdles	57.42
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.37
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	17th (sf)	400 m	51.82
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	400 m	50.87
	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.69
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	–	400 m	DNF
1998	Ibero-American Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
1998	Ibero-American Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.69
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	16th (sf)	4 × 100 m relay	44.37

¹Did not start in the semifinals
²Representing the Americas

References

^ "La colombiana nacionalizada chilena, Ximena Restrepo, se convirtió en la primera mujer en ser vicepresidenta de la IAAF". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3752848 Nebraska Cornhuskers
^ "Alford-Sullivan Unveils 2019 Women's Signing Class".
^ "Coe re-elected as IAAF President, Restrepo elected first ever female Vice President". World Athletics. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^ Disqualified in the semifinal.

External links

Ximena Restrepo at World Athletics

[1] "La colombiana nacionalizada chilena, Ximena Restrepo, se convirtió en la primera mujer en ser vicepresidenta de la IAAF". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[2] ttp://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3752848 Nebraska Cornhuskers

[3] "Alford-Sullivan Unveils 2019 Women's Signing Class".

[4] "Coe re-elected as IAAF President, Restrepo elected first ever female Vice President". World Athletics. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

[5] Disqualified in the semifinal.

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