María Luisa Calle Williams (born October 3, 1968) is a Colombian professional racing cyclist. She was born in Medellín.
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 initially stripped of the medal after a positive test result for the banned stimulant heptaminol. However, the medal was reinstated after the test result was proven incorrect.
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.source: Guadalajara 2011 official site - road cycling results
On 22 July 2015, it was disclosed that she had tested positive for GHRP2 at the 2015 Pan American GamesPANAMERICANI. Anche Maria Luisa Calle positiva , tuttobiciweb.it, 22 July 2015 and was subsequently banned for four years.
Major results
1999 1st Road Race, National Road Championships 2nd in Pan American Games, Track, Pursuit, Winnipeg (CAN) 3rd in Pan American Games, Track, Points Race, Winnipeg (CAN) 2001 1st in Pan American Championships, Track, Pursuit, Medellin (COL) 2002 1st Individual Time Trial, National Road Championships 2nd in Tour de Toona, Altoona (USA) 2004 3rd in Olympic Games, Track, Points race, Athens (GRE) 2005 1st in Pan American Championships, Track, Pursuit, Mar del Plata (ARG) 2006 1st in Pan American Championships, Track, Pursuit, Sao Paulo (BRA) in Central American and Caribbean Games, Road, Individual Time Trial, Cartagena (COL) 2nd in Los Angeles, Pursuit (F) (USA) 1st in World Championship, Track, Scratch, Bordeaux (FRA) 2007 3rd in Los Angeles, Pursuit (F) (USA) 2nd in World Championship, Track, Scratch, Palma de Mallorca (ESP) 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 1st Individual Time Trial, National Road Championships 1st in Pan American Championships, Track, Pursuit, Valencia (VEN) 2008 2nd in Los Angeles, Pursuit (F) (USA) 2nd in Cali, Pursuit (F) (COL) 2nd in Cali, Team pursuit (F) (COL) 2010 1st in South American Games, Road, Individual time trial, Medellín (COL) 3rd in South American Games, Road, Road race, Medellín (COL) 2011 in 2011 Pan American Games, Road, Individual Time Trial, Guadalajara (MEX) in 2011 Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Guadalajara (MEX) 1st Individual Time Trial, National Road Championships 2012 1st in Pan American Championships, Track, Pursuit, Mar del Plata (ARG) 3rd in Cali, Track Cycling World Cup, Team Pursuit (F) (COL) 2013 2nd in Aguascalientes, Track Cycling World Cup, Pursuit (F) (MEX) Pan American Track Championships 2nd Team Pursuit 2nd Points Race 2014 Pan American Track Championships 3rd Individual Pursuit 3rd Points Race 3rd Individual Pursuit, Central American and Caribbean Games
See also List of stripped Olympic medals List of doping cases in cycling
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