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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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Restrepo and the second or maternal family name is Gaviria.
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 | |||||
1985 | Bolivarian Games | Cuenca, Ecuador | 1st | 200 m | 24.93 A |
1986 | Ibero-American Championships | La Habana, Cuba | 1st | 200m | 23.76 w (wind: +2.1m/s) |
1988 | Ibero-American Championships | Ciudad de México, México | 4th | 200m | 23.46 (wind: +0.0m/s) A |
1992 | Ibero-American Championships | Seville, Spain | 1st | 400m | 51.66 |
3rd | 4x100m relay | 45:54 | |||
1994 | Ibero-American Championships | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 1st | 200m | 23.07 w (wind: +4.4m/s) |
1st | 400m | 52.69 | |||
1st | 4x100m relay | 44.87 | |||
1st | 4x400m relay | 3:35.35 |
References
- ↑ http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3752848 Nebraska Cornhuskers
External links
- Ximena Restrepo profile at IAAF
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