
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.
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
Personal bests
WA points calculator →* Wind-assisted (> 2.0 m/s)
Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4x100m | 44.08 | – | Sep 29, 2000 | The XXVII Olympic Games |
| 1998 | 100m | 11.3h | +3.3 | Aug 1, 1998 | Santiago de Chile (CHI) |
| 1997 | 100m | 11.63 | +2.2 | Nov 29, 1997 | Santiago de Chile (CHI) |
| 1997 | 200m | 24.16 | -0.4 | Nov 29, 1997 | Santiago de Chile (CHI) |
| 1996 | 100m | 11.63 | +1.4 | Apr 10, 1996 | Santiago de Chile (CHI) |
| 1996 | 200m | 23.32 | +0.0 | May 1, 1996 | Santiago de Chile (CHI) |
| 1996 | 400m | 50.87 | – | May 11, 1996 | Medellín (COL) |
| 1995 | 400m | 51.57 | – | Aug 5, 1995 | IAAF World Championships |