María Isabel Urrutia
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Template:MedalMaría Isabel Urrutia Ocoró (born 25 March 1965) is a former weightlifter, athlete and politician from Colombia. She won the first ever gold medal for Colombia at the Summer Olympic Games.
Athletic career
Background
Initially she competed in shot put and discus throw, and participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in these events.
Weightlifting
She switched to weightlifting in 1989, and won silver at the 1989 World Championships. She won gold at the 1990, silver 1991, gold 1994, silver 1995, bronze 1996, silver 1997, and bronze at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships.[1][2][3][4]
Urrutia won a gold medal in the women's 75 kg class in the 2000 Summer Olympics, her country's first Olympic gold medal.
Personal life
Urrutia retired after the 2000 Olympics and entered politics. She held a seat in the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia from 2002 to 2010 (twice elected: 2002 and 2006).
Achievements in track and field
References
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from Valle del Cauca Department
- Cabinet of Gustavo Petro
- Colombian sportsperson-politicians
- United People's Movement (Colombia) politicians
- Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
- Colombian female discus throwers
- Colombian female shot putters
- Colombian female weightlifters
- Olympic athletes for Colombia
- Olympic weightlifters for Colombia
- Olympic gold medalists for Colombia
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Colombia
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists in weightlifting
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games weightlifters for Colombia
- South American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- South American Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1982 Southern Cross Games
- Competitors at the 1994 South American Games
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Afro-Colombian women
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Colombian politicians
- 21st-century Colombian women politicians
- Petro administration cabinet members
- Women government ministers of Colombia
- Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics
- World Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Medalists at the 1997 World Games