María Luisa Calle

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Calle and the second or maternal family name is Williams.

María Luisa Calle

Personal information
Full name	María Luisa Calle Williams
Born	October 3, 1968 (1968-10-03) (age 43) Medellín, Colombia
Team information
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Medal record Competitor for  Colombia Olympic Games Bronze 2004 Athens Points Race Pan American Games Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Pursuit Silver 1999 Winnipeg Pursuit Silver 2007 Rio de Janeiro Points Race Bronze 1999 Winnipeg Points Race Gold 2011 Guadalajara Time trial

María Luisa Calle Williams (born October 3, 1968) is a Colombian professional racing cyclist. She was born in Medellín.^[1]

In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the cycling women's points race, the first Colombian to win a medal in cycling. She was forced to return the medal after positive test result for the banned stimulant heptaminol. The medal was returned, however, after the test result was proven incorrect.^[2]

On October 16, 2011 at the 2011 Pan American Games' individual time trial, Calle, 43 years old at the time, won the gold medal with a time of 28:04.82.^[3]

Career highlights

1999

1º in  Colombia National Championship, Road

2002

1º in  Colombia National Championship, Road, Individual Time Trial

2004

3º in Olympic Games, Track, Points race, Athens (GRE)

2005

1º in Pan American Championships, Track, Pursuit, Mar del Plata (ARG)

2006

in Central American and Caribbean Games, Road, Individual Time Trial, Cartagena (COL)

2º in Los Angeles, Pursuit (F) (USA)

1º in World Championship, Track, Scratch, Bordeaux (FRA)

2007

3º in Los Angeles, Pursuit (F) (USA)

2º in World Championship, Track, Scratch, Palma de Mallorca (ESP)

2º in  Colombia National Championships, Road, Neiva, Huila (COL)

1º in  Colombia National Championships, Road, Individual Time Trial, Neiva, Huila (COL)

1º in Pan American Championships, Track, Pursuit, Valencia (VEN)

2008

2º in Los Angeles, Pursuit (F) (USA)

2011

in 2011 Pan American Games, Road, Individual Time Trial, Guadalajara (MEX)

See also

• List of stripped Olympic medals

References

1. ^ "María Luisa Calle Williams" (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Colombiano. http://www.coc.org.co/sitio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97&Itemid=63. 
2. ^ "IOC to return cyclist's Olympic medal". CBC Sports (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). October 27, 2005. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/10/27/sports_court051027.html. Retrieved 2008-08-17. 
3. ^ source: Guadalajara 2011 official site - road cycling results

External links

• María Luisa Calle profile at Cycling Archives

Persondata
Name	Calle, Maria Luisa
Alternative names
Short description	Colombian racing cyclist
Date of birth	October 3, 1968
Place of birth	Medellín, Colombia
Date of death
Place of death