Martina Weil
Personal information
Full nameMartina Weil Restrepo
NationalityChilean
Born (1999-07-12) 12 July 1999
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 12.10 (Santiago, 2017)
200m: 23.14 (Deinze, 2022)
400m: 51.07 (Chorzów, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing
 Chile
Pan American U23 Games
Silver medal – second place2021 Cali400 m
Silver medal – second place2021 Cali4x400 m relay
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Santiago400 m
Silver medal – second place2023 Santiago4x100 m relay

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

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

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]

Personal life

She is the daughter of former Olympians; sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist Ximena Restrepo and shot putter Gert Weil.[9]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Chile
2017 South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay 11th (h) 400 m 57.00
4th 4 × 100 m relay 46.02
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:40.00
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.42
World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 23rd (h) 400 m 54.52
Ibero-American Championships Trujillo, Peru 5th 200 m 24.81
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:43.56
South American U23 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador 4th 200 m 23.78
1st 400 m 52.60
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 45.55
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:44.82
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 6th (B) 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.54
2021 South American Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.89
South American U23 Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador 3rd 400 m 53.47
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 46.06
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:41.48
Junior Pan American Games (U23) Cali, Colombia 2nd 400 m 52.35
5th 4 × 100 m relay 45.10
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:38.24
2022 Ibero-American Championships La Nucía, Spain 8th 400 m 53.03
Bolivarian Games Valledupar, Colombia 2nd 400 m 52.64
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.98
South American Games Asunción, Paraguay 4th 200 m 23.48
2nd 400 m 51.92
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.58
2023 South American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 4th 200 m 23.16
1st 400 m 51.11
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.39
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 24th (h) 400 m 51.35
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 1st 400 m 51.48
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.19
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.00

References

  1. ↑ "Martina Weil". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Martina Weil, daughter of champions… and champion". atletismosudamericano. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Martina Weil, the daughter of Ximena Restrepo, is flying in the 400 meters". Running Colombia. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ Retamal, Pablo (July 16, 2023). "Martina Weil again breaks the national record of 400 freestyle meters". latercera.com. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Home star Weil and world champion Paulino secure Pan American Games success". World Athletics. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Lady Vol runner has Olympic bloodlines". wbir.com. Retrieved 20 August 2023.


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