María Luisa Calle
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Calle and the second or maternal family name is Williams.
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| Full name | María Luisa Calle Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 3, 1968 Medellín, Colombia |
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María Luisa Calle Williams (born October 3, 1968) is a Colombian professional racing cyclist. She was born in Medellín.[1]
In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the cycling women's points race, the first Colombian to win a medal in cycling. She was forced to return the medal after positive test result for the banned stimulant heptaminol. The medal was returned, however, after the test result was proven incorrect.[2]
On October 16, 2011 at the 2011 Pan American Games' individual time trial, Calle, 43 years old at the time, won the gold medal with a time of 28:04.82.[3]
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[edit] Career highlights
- 1999
- 1st in
Colombia National Championship, Road - 2002
- 1st in Colombia National Championship, Road, Individual Time Trial
- 2004
- 3rd in Olympic Games, Track, Points race, Athens (GRE)
- 2005
- 1st in Pan American Championships, Track, Pursuit, Mar del Plata (ARG)
- 2006
in Central American and Caribbean Games, Road, Individual Time Trial, Cartagena (COL)- 2nd in Los Angeles, Pursuit (F) (USA)
- 1st in World Championship, Track, Scratch, Bordeaux (FRA)
- 2007
- 3rd in Los Angeles, Pursuit (F) (USA)
- 2nd in World Championship, Track, Scratch, Palma de Mallorca (ESP)
- 2nd in Colombia National Championships, Road, Neiva, Huila (COL)
- 1st in Colombia National Championships, Road, Individual Time Trial, Neiva, Huila (COL)
- 1st in Pan American Championships, Track, Pursuit, Valencia (VEN)
- 2008
- 2nd in Los Angeles, Pursuit (F) (USA)
- 2011
- in 2011 Pan American Games, Road, Individual Time Trial, Guadalajara (MEX)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "María Luisa Calle Williams" (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Colombiano. http://www.coc.org.co/sitio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97&Itemid=63.
- ^ "IOC to return cyclist's Olympic medal". CBC Sports (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). October 27, 2005. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/10/27/sports_court051027.html. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ source: Guadalajara 2011 official site - road cycling results
[edit] External links
- María Luisa Calle profile at Cycling Archives
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