Martina Weil
Personal information | |
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Full name | Martina Weil Restrepo |
Nationality | Chilean |
Born | 12 July 1999 |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprint |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 100m: 12.10 (Santiago, 2017) 200m: 23.14 (Deinze, 2022) 400m: 51.05 NR (Hengelo, 2024) 4x100m Relay: 44.19 NR (Santiago, 2023) |
Medal record |
Martina Weil Restrepo (born 12 July 1999) is a Chilean track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She is the Chilean national record holder over 400 metres.[1]
Early life
[edit]Weil was trained at the Villa María Academy where she was coached by her Olympic medal winning mother Ximena Restrepo, before relocating to Belgium.[2]
Career
[edit]Weil became Chile's u20 national champion in the 100 metres and 200 meters at 18 years-old.[3] At the Pan American Youth Games, in Cali in 2021, she finished second in the 400 metres with a time of 52.35, behind the Fiordaliza Cofil.[4]
In May 2023, Weil broke the Chilean national record for the 400 metres, and then proceeded to lower it twice more before clocking 51.07 at the Diamond League event in Silesia, Poland in July 2023.[5][6]
In November 2023, Weil won a gold medal in the 400 meters Pan American games event in Santiago, Chile, 32 years after her mother claimed silver.[7] At the same championships she was part of a Chilean team who set a new national record for the women’s 4x100m relay to secure a silver medal.[8]
In July 2024, she lowered her own national 400 metres record to 51.05 seconds in Hengelo.[9]
Personal life
[edit]She is the daughter of former Olympians; sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist Ximena Restrepo and shot putter Gert Weil.[10]
International competitions
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Martina Weil". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ Torrico, Lucas (9 December 2022). "Martina Weil and the national record in the 400 meters: "Nobody in South America has gone below 50 seconds"". biobiochile.cl. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Martina Weil, daughter of champions… and champion". atletismosudamericano. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Martina Weil, the daughter of Ximena Restrepo, is flying in the 400 meters". Running Colombia. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "SHE DID IT AGAIN: MARTINA WEIL BROKE THE NATIONAL RECORD OF THE 400 METERS IN POLAND". romantica.cl. July 17, 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ Retamal, Pablo (July 16, 2023). "Martina Weil again breaks the national record of 400 freestyle meters". latercera.com. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Home star Weil and world champion Paulino secure Pan American Games success". World Athletics. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Silver medalist Anaís Hernández: "I'm happy with this result, a stamp and a medal for Chile"". oicanadian.com. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Schilder, Laros and Bol boost home pride in Hengelo". World Athletics. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Lady Vol runner has Olympic bloodlines". wbir.com. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
External links
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Santiago
- Chilean people of German descent
- Chilean people of Colombian descent
- Chilean female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Chile
- Pan American Games competitors for Chile
- South American Games competitors for Chile
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 South American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Chilean athletics biography stubs