Ximena Restrepo
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| Full name | Ximena Restrepo Gaviria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 10, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 1992 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Template:Spanish name 2 Ximena Restrepo Gaviria (born March 10, 1969 in Medellín) is a former Colombian 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, where she won the 1991 NCAA Championship in the 400 meters.[1]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Colombia
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| 1985 | Bolivarian Games | Cuenca, Ecuador | 1st | 200 m | 24.93 A |
| 1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 20th (sf) | 100m | 12.09 w (wind: +2.5 m/s) |
| 16th (sf) | 200m | 24.42 (wind: -0.8 m/s) | |||
| Ibero-American Championships | La Habana, Cuba | 1st | 200m | 23.76 w (wind: +2.1 m/s) | |
| 1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 11th (sf) | 100m | 11.83 (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
| 10th (sf) | 200m | 23.90 w (wind: +2.1 m/s) | |||
| 1st (h)[2] | 400m | 53.48 | |||
| Ibero-American Championships | Ciudad de México, México | 4th | 200m | 23.46 (wind: +0.0 m/s) A | |
| 1992 | Ibero-American Championships | Seville, Spain | 1st | 400m | 51.66 |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 45:54 | |||
| 1994 | Ibero-American Championships | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 1st | 200m | 23.07 w (wind: +4.4 m/s) |
| 1st | 400m | 52.69 | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.87 | |||
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:35.35 | |||
References
- ^ http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3752848 Nebraska Cornhuskers
- ^ Disqualified in the semifinal.
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- 1969 births
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- Sportspeople from Medellín
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- Olympic athletes of Colombia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Colombia
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games competitors for Colombia
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Colombia
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- Pan American Games silver medalists
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