MarÃa Urrutia
María Isabel Urrutia ( born March 25, 1965 in Candelaria, Valle del Cauca ) is a former Colombian weightlifter.
Career
Maria Isabel Urrutia, an Afro- Colombian American, grew up in her hometown and began at school with athletics. Since she was very strong already a teenager, she opted for the shot put and the discus throw. In these disciplines, they brought it in the years 1991 to 1999 a total of 17 Colombian league titles. Your Bestweiten were there in the shot put and discus throwing 16.13 m 56.86 m. Since they had operated as a compensation for the sport athletics since the early 1980s, weightlifting, they launched in 1989 also competitively in the sport and scored great successes. So it was in 1990 in Sarajevo and 1994 World Champion in Istanbul before them in the weight class up to 75 kg reached in 2000 with the Olympic gold medal in Sydney, the coronation of her sporting career. In total, she won 25 medals at Olympics and World Championships.
After the end of her career as an active athlete Maria Isabel Urrutia sets, taking advantage of their popularity in the country, very much for the socially weak Asked population and since 2002 member of parliament.
Successes in weightlifting
International success / duel
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, BW = body weight)
Medals individual disciplines
( in the Olympics no World Championship medals will be awarded more )
- World Championship gold medals: 1990, Snatch, 100 kg - 1990, pushing, 130 kg - 1994, tearing, 1994, bumping - 1995, Snatch, 105 kg - 1996, pushing, 135 kg -
- World Championship silver medals: 1989, Snatch, 100 kg - 1989, pushing, 130 kg - 1991, tearing, 102.5 kg - 1991, pushing, 137.5 kg - 1995, pushing, 132.5 kg - 1997, Snatch, 105 kg - 1997, pushing, 130 kg - 1998, Snatch, 110 kg
- World Cup bronze: 1996, Snatch, 100 kg - 1998, pushing, 132.5 kg