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

racing cyclist Cycle sport is 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 cycling spo ...

. She was born in

Medellín Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...

. In the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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

2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...

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, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...

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

, Track, Points Race, Winnipeg (CAN) ;2001 : 1st in Pan American Championships, Track, Pursuit, Medellin (COL) ;2002 : 1st MaillotColombia

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 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 32 countries and ...

, 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 nat ...

, 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 trac ...

, Medellín (COL) : 3rd in

, Road, Road race, Medellín (COL) ;2011 : in

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Guadalajara 2011, were an international multi-sport event held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby c ...

, 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 trac ...

, Guadalajara (MEX) : in

, 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 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,

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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 for Colombia Olympic bronze 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 gold medalists in cycling Pan American Games silver medalists in cycling Pan American Games bronze 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 Cyclists from Medellín Colombian people of English descent 21st-century Colombian sportswomen 20th-century Colombian sportswomen

Major results

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