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Place of Birth: MedellĂn, Antioquia Department, Colombia
About Ximena Restrepo
- Ximena Restrepo Gaviria (born March 10, 1969 in MedellĂn) is a former Colombian nationalized Chilean 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.
- 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.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.
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