Ximena Restrepo Gaviria (born March 10, 1969 in Medellín) 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. International competitions 1Did not start in the semifinals 2Representing the Americas References External links 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Medellín Colombian female sprinters Olympic athletes of Colombia Olympic bronze medalists for Colombia Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Colombia Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) South American Games gold medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1994 South American Games Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Colombian women