Martina Weil Restrepo (born 12 July 1999) is a Chilean track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She is the Chilean national record holder over 400 metres indoors and outdoors.
Early life Weil was trained at the Villa María Academy where she was coached by her Olympic medal winning mother Ximena Restrepo, before relocating to Belgium.
Career Weil became Chile's u20 national champion in the 100 metres and 200 meters at 18 years-old. At the Junior Pan American Games, in Cali in 2021, she finished second in the 400 metres with a time of 52.35, behind the Fiordaliza Cofil.
From 2019 to 2021, she competed for the University of Tennessee.
In May 2023, Weil broke the Chilean national record for the 400 metres, and then proceeded to lower it twice more before clocking 51.07 at the Diamond League event in Silesia, Poland in July 2023.
In November 2023, Weil won a gold medal in the 400 meters Pan American Games event in Santiago, Chile, 32 years after her mother claimed silver. At the same championships she was part of a Chilean team who set a new national record for the women's relay to secure a silver medal.
In July 2024, she lowered her own national 400 metres record to 51.05 seconds in Hengelo. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024.
Competing in Karlsruhe on 7 February 2025 she improved the Chilean indoor record over 400 metres to 52.40. She lowered it again the following month, running 51.67 seconds to qualify for the final of the 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.
In May 2025, she lowered the Chilean national record to 50.56 seconds in Santiago to move to fourth on the South American all-time list. Weil had already broken the Chilean record for the 200 meters two days earlier running 22.91 seconds, also in Santiago. She lowered her 400 personal best to 50.39 seconds in June 2025 in Stockholm at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event, part of the 2025 Diamond League. She lowered it again later that month when she ran 49.83 seconds to finish third at the 2025 Meeting de Paris. She placed fourth in a national record 49.72 seconds for the 400 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.
She was a semi-finalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in the women's 400 metres.
On 16 May 2026, Weil placed sixth with a time of 51.06 seconds for the 400 metres at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League. On 19 June, she placed fifth with 51.05 seconds at the 2026 Doha Diamond League and on 3 July, placed sixth at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic in 50.75. In September, she was a finalist over 400 m at the inaugural World Ultimate Championship in Budapest, placing fifth overall. Weil won the 400 metres at the 2026 South American Games, running 50.45 seconds to improve the 32-year-old Games record set by her mother, Ximena Restrepo.
Personal life She is the daughter of former Olympians; sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist Ximena Restrepo and shot putter Gert Weil. She is in a relationship with Brazilian hurdler Alison dos Santos.
International competitions Representing 2017South American ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay11th (h)400 m57.00 s4th4 × 100 m relay46.02 s3rd4 × 400 m relay3:40.002018South American GamesCochabamba, Bolivia2nd4 × 400 m relay3:33.42World U20 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland23rd (h)400 m54.52 sIbero-American ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru5th200 m24.81 s5th4 × 400 m relay3:43.56South American U23 ChampionshipsCuenca, Ecuador4th200 m23.78 s1st400 m52.60 s2nd4 × 100 m relay45.55 s4th4 × 400 m relay3:44.822019World RelaysYokohama, Japan6th (B)4 × 400 m relay3:33.542021South American ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuador2nd4 × 400 m relay3:34.89South American U23 ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuador3rd400 m53.47 s3rd4 × 100 m relay46.06 s2nd4 × 400 m relay3:41.48Junior Pan American Games (U23)Cali, Colombia2nd400 m52.35 s5th4 × 100 m relay45.10 s2nd4 × 400 m relay3:38.242022Ibero-American ChampionshipsLa Nucia, Spain8th400 m53.03 sBolivarian GamesValledupar, Colombia2nd400 m52.64 s2nd4 × 400 m relay3:36.98South American GamesAsunción, Paraguay4th200 m23.48 s2nd400 m51.92 s3rd4 × 400 m relay3:37.582023South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil4th200 m23.16 s1st400 m51.11 s 3rd4 × 400 m relay3:35.39World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary24th (h)400 m51.35 sPan American GamesSantiago, Chile1st400 m51.48 s2nd4 × 100 m relay44.19 s 6th4 × 400 m relay3:37.002024Olympic GamesParis, France17th (sf)400 m51.79 s2025World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China4th400 m51.78 sSouth American ChampionshipsMar del Plata, Argentina1st 400 m 51.14 s3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.64World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan9th (sf)400 m49.88 s2026World Ultimate ChampionshipBudapest, Hungary5th400 m50.00 sSouth American GamesSanta Fe, Argentina1st400 m50.45 s4thMixed 4 × 400 m relay3:18.36
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