María Luisa Calle

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Calle and the second or maternal family name is Williams.
María Luisa Calle
Personal information
Full name María Luisa Calle Williams
Born October 3, 1968 (1968-10-03) (age 43)
Medellín, Colombia
Team information
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Medal record
Competitor for  Colombia
Olympic Games
Bronze 2004 Athens Points Race
Pan American Games
Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Pursuit
Silver 1999 Winnipeg Pursuit
Silver 2007 Rio de Janeiro Points Race
Bronze 1999 Winnipeg Points Race
Gold 2011 Guadalajara Time trial

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]

Contents

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)

See also

References

  1. ^ "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. 
  2. ^ "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. 
  3. ^ source: Guadalajara 2011 official site - road cycling results

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