María Luisa Calle

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.

On 22 July 2015, it was disclosed that she had tested positive for GHRP2 at the 2015 Pan American Games and was subsequently banned for four years.

Major results

1999

2nd in Pan American Games, Track, Pursuit, Winnipeg (CAN) 3rd in Pan American Games, Track, Points Race, Winnipeg (CAN) 2002

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)

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 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

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

2014 Pan American Track Championships