Ximena Restrepo

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

Ximena Restrepo

Personal information
Full name	Ximena Restrepo Gaviria
Born	(1969-03-10) 10 March 1969 Medellín, Colombia
Education	University of Nebraska
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia  Chile
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 metres
College team	Nebraska Huskers
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1992 Summer Olympics
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Colombia Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 400 metres Pan American Games 1991 Havana 200 metres 1991 Havana 400 metres South American Games 1994 Valencia 400 m 1994 Valencia 400 m hurdles Bolivarian Games 1985 Cuenca 200 m

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Restrepo and the second or maternal family name is Gaviria.

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] 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.[2]

Living now in Chile, she is the first ever female elected vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, in Doha on 25 September 2019.[3]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Colombia
1985	Bolivarian Games	Cuenca, Ecuador	1st	200 m	24.93 A
1986	Pan American Junior Championships	Winter Park, United States	4th	100 m	11.98 (w)
			3rd	200 m	24.54
	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	20th (sf)	100 m	12.09 w (+2.5 m/s)
			16th (sf)	200 m	24.42 (-0.8 m/s)
	South American Junior Championships	Quito, Ecuador	2nd	100 m	12.10
			1st	200 m	24.08
	Ibero-American Championships	Havana, Cuba	1st	200 m	23.76 w (+2.1 m/s)
1987	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	100 m	11.77
			1st	200 m	23.49
	South American Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	1st	100 m	11.69
			1st	200 m	23.72
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)[4]	400 m	53.48
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	34th (h)	200 m	24.00
			16th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	45.46^1
			–	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
	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
			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	3:29.73^2
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	5th	400 m	50.91
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	3rd	200 m	23.88
			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
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	17th (sf)	400 m	51.82
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	400 m	50.87
			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
			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

1. http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3752848 Nebraska Cornhuskers
2. https://utsports.com/news/2019/1/9/track-field-xc-alford-sullivan-unveils-2019-womens-signing-class.aspx
3. "Coe re-elected as IAAF President, Restrepo elected first ever female Vice President". World Athletics. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
4. Disqualified in the semifinal.

External links

• Ximena Restrepo at World Athletics