Ximena Restrepo

Ximena Restrepo Gaviria (born March 10, 1969, in Medellín) is a former Colombian nationalized Chilean[1] sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.

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.

Restrepo is married to Chilean shot putter Gert Weil.

[2] 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.

[3] Living now in Chile, she is the first female elected vice-president of the World Athletics, in Doha on 25 September 2019.