María Luisa Calle Williams (born October 3, 1968) is a Colombian professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

. She was born in

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

. In the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, 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

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. The medal was returned, however, 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. On 22 July 2015, it was disclosed that she had tested positive for GHRP2 at the

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and was subsequently banned for four years.

Major results

;1999 : 1st MaillotColombia

Road Race, National Road Championships : 2nd in

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

, Track, Pursuit, Winnipeg (CAN) : 3rd in

, Track, Points Race, Winnipeg (CAN) ;2001 : 1st in

Pan American Championships A Pan American Championship is a top level international sports competition between athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs in the Americas. Typically these championships are recurring, the most ...

, Track, Pursuit, Medellin (COL) ;2002 : 1st MaillotColombia

Individual Time Trial, National Road Championships : 2nd in

Tour de Toona The International Tour de Toona was a stage bicycle race held in Central Pennsylvania in July from 1987 until 2011. The event became the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and had stages spanning Blair, Cambria, Bedford, and Somerset ...

, Altoona (USA) ;2004 : 3rd in Olympic Games, Track, Points race, Athens (GRE) ;2005 : 1st in

, Track, Pursuit, Mar del Plata (ARG) ;2006 : 1st in

, Track, Pursuit, Sao Paulo (BRA) : gold medal blank

Central American and Caribbean Games The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for countries in Cent ...

, 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 MaillotColombia

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 The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

(F) (COL) ;2010 : 1st in

South American Games The South American Games (also known as ODESUR Games; Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos''), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Cruz del Sur'') is a regional multi-sport event held between nati ...

, Road,

Individual time trial An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' "stopwatch stage"). There are also track-b ...

, Medellín (COL) : 3rd in

, Road, Road race, Medellín (COL) ;2011 : gold medal blank

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

, Road,

Individual Time Trial An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' "stopwatch stage"). There are also track-b ...

, Guadalajara (MEX) : bronze medal blank

, Track,

Team Pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

, Guadalajara (MEX) : 1st MaillotColombia

Individual Time Trial, National Road Championships ;2012 : 1st in

, 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 The Pan American Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American Cycling Championships are selected ...

: 2nd

Team Pursuit : 2nd silver medal blank

Points Race ;2014 :Pan American Track Championships ::3rd bronze medal blank

Individual Pursuit ::3rd bronze medal blank

Points Race :3rd bronze medal blank

Individual Pursuit,

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Calle, Maria Luisa 1968 births Living people Colombian female cyclists Colombian track cyclists UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) Olympic cyclists of Colombia Olympic medalists in cycling Olympic bronze medalists for Colombia Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in cycling Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2003 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2007 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2011 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in cycling Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games medalists in cycling South American Games gold medalists for Colombia South American Games bronze medalists for Colombia South American Games silver medalists for Colombia Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Sportspeople from Medellín Colombian people of English descent 20th-century Colombian women 21st-century Colombian women

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