Ximena Restrepo

Ximena Restrepo

Born
Mar 10, 1969 (57 years old)
Birthplace
Medellín, Colombia
Events
400 m · 200 m
Height
1.75 m

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–Lincoln, where she won the 1991 NCAA Championship in the 400 metres. 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, and recently won a gold medal in the 400 meters in the 2023 Panamerican games. Living now in Chile, she is the first female elected vice-president of the World Athletics, in Doha on 25 September 2019.

Personal best · 400 m49.64
2000 season best44.08Sep 29, 2000 · Olympic Stadium, Sydney
Medals1Olympic Games: 1 bronze
Area record49.64400 m

As of Nov 8, 2026: 400 m 49.64 (#72 all-time), 200 m 22.4h (#795 all-time), 2000 season best 44.08 (Sep 29, 2000, Olympic Stadium, Sydney (AUS)) · Last competition: The XXVII Olympic Games, Sep 29, 2000, 44.08 · Olympic Games: 1 bronze · Area record (400 m) · 57 years old

DisciplineResultAll-time
100mMedellín 1998Colombia 100 m all-time list11.3h*1,135 pts–
200mMedellín 1991Colombia 200 m all-time list22.4h1,196 pts#795
400mBarcelona 1992Colombia 400 m all-time list49.641,220 pts#72
4x100mSydney 2000Colombia 4 × 100 m all-time list44.08–
4x400mLa Habana 1992Colombia 4 × 400 m all-time list3:29.73–
400m-short-trackIndoorIN 199152.121,156 pts–

* Wind-assisted (> 2.0 m/s)

Medals

CompetitionsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Olympic Games––11

Progression

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SeasonDisciplineResultWindDateCompetitions
20004x100m 44.08–Sep 29, 2000The XXVII Olympic Games
1998100m 11.3h+3.3Aug 1, 1998Santiago de Chile (CHI)
1997100m 11.63+2.2Nov 29, 1997Santiago de Chile (CHI)
1997200m 24.16-0.4Nov 29, 1997Santiago de Chile (CHI)
1996100m 11.63+1.4Apr 10, 1996Santiago de Chile (CHI)
1996200m 23.32+0.0May 1, 1996Santiago de Chile (CHI)
1996400m 50.87–May 11, 1996Medellín (COL)
1995400m 51.57–Aug 5, 1995IAAF World Championships
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Ximena Restrepo's 400 m personal best is 49.64, set on Aug 5, 1992 in Estadio Olímpico, Barcelona (ESP), #72 on the all-time list.

Ximena Restrepo competes in the 400 m and 200 m.

2000 season best: 44.08, set on Sep 29, 2000 in Olympic Stadium, Sydney (AUS). Last competition: The XXVII Olympic Games on Sep 29, 2000, 44.08.

Ximena Restrepo has won 1 Olympic Games medal.