Ximena Restrepo

{{Short description|Colombian nationalized Chilean sprinter}}

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| name = Ximena Restrepo

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| fullname = Ximena Restrepo Gaviria

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|03|10}}

| birth_place = Medellín, Colombia

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| height = 1.75 m

| weight = 58 kg

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| sport = Athletics

| event = {{ubl|100 metres|200 metres|400 metres|400 metres hurdles|4×100 metres|4×400 metres}}

| education = University of Nebraska–Lincoln

| collegeteam = Nebraska Cornhuskers

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| olympics = 1992 Summer Olympics

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{{Medal|Country |{{COL}} }}

{{Medal|Sport | Women's athletics}}

{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1992 Barcelona|400 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|1991 Havana|200 m}}

{{Medal|Silver|1991 Havana|400 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|South American Games}}

{{Medal|Gold |1994 Valencia|400 m}}

{{Medal|Gold|1994 Valencia|400 m hurdles}}

{{Medal|Gold|1994 Valencia|4×100 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|Bolivarian Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|1985 Cuenca|200 m}}

{{Medal|Gold|1985 Cuenca|4×100 m relay}}

{{Medal|Gold|1985 Cuenca|4×400 m relay}}

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Ximena Restrepo Gaviria (born March 10, 1969, in Medellín) is a former Colombian nationalized Chilean{{cite web |title=La colombiana nacionalizada chilena, Ximena Restrepo, se convirtió en la primera mujer en ser vicepresidenta de la IAAF |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2019/09/25/962217/Ximena-Restrepo-Federacion-Atletismo.html |website=Emol |publisher=El Mercurio |access-date=29 August 2023 |language=es |date=25 September 2019}} 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.http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3752848 Nebraska Cornhuskers 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.{{Cite web|url=https://utsports.com/news/2019/1/9/track-field-xc-alford-sullivan-unveils-2019-womens-signing-class.aspx|title = Alford-Sullivan Unveils 2019 Women's Signing Class}}

Living now in Chile, she is the first female elected vice-president of the World Athletics, in Doha on 25 September 2019.{{cite web | url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-release/sebastian-coe-president-congress-2019-restrep | title= Coe re-elected as IAAF President, Restrepo elected first ever female Vice President | date=25 September 2019 | publisher=World Athletics | access-date=13 December 2019 }}