María Isabel Urrutia

María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró (born 25 March 1965) is a weightlifter and politician from Colombia. Initially she competed in shot put and discus throw, and participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in these events. She switched to weightlifting in 1989, and won silver at the 1989 World Championships. She won gold at the 1990, silver 1991, gold 1994, silver 1995, bronze 1996, silver 1997, and bronze at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships. Urrut... More

María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró (born 25 March 1965) is a weightlifter and politician from Colombia. Initially she competed in shot put and discus throw, and participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in these events. She switched to weightlifting in 1989, and won silver at the 1989 World Championships. She won gold at the 1990, silver 1991, gold 1994, silver 1995, bronze 1996, silver 1997, and bronze at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships. Urrutia won a gold medal in the women's 75 kg class in the 2000 Summer Olympics, her country's only Olympic gold medal so far. Nowadays she is retired and became a politician; Urrutia holds a seat in the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia since 2002 (twice elected: 2002 and 2006).

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