| "> | | | | city-won the right to host the 1975 FINA World |
| Road to the 2012 London Olympics! | | | | Championships, one of the most important sports |
| Maria Isabel Urrutia | | | | events on the planet. Cali became the second city to |
| Did you know- Colombia fulfilled a dream nurtured for | | | | host the FINA Championships, after Belgrado |
| decades when the country's athlete Maria Isabel | | | | (Yugoslavia, 1973). Four years prior to the Swimming |
| Urrutia won the gold medal in the Summer Olympic | | | | World Championships, Cali had hosted the VI Pan |
| Games of Sydney 2000. Colombia, from Cali to | | | | American Games, the continent's largest multi-sports |
| Manizales, celebrated its first ever Olympic title. She | | | | event. |
| also became the first Colombian woman to win an | | | | Central American and Caribbean Games |
| Olympic gold medal. She was born on March 25, 1965, | | | | Did you know- The V Central American and |
| in Candelaria, Valle del Cauca. | | | | Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia, |
| Baseball | | | | in the mid-1940s. Thirteen countries and territories sent |
| Did you know- By the late 1940s, Colombia created | | | | 1,542 athletes to the Games. In Barranquilla, the |
| Latin American baseball history by winning the World | | | | Netherlands Antilles, Dominican Republic and Trinidad |
| Cup; its first global tournament and the fourth by a | | | | Tobago made their Caribbean debut. By 1978, once |
| team from South America (Venezuela won | | | | again, Colombia hosted the Caribbean Games. |
| international championship three times, 1941,1944, and | | | | Olympic Soccer Tournament |
| 1945). After that event, this Spanish-speaking nation | | | | Did you know- By 1972, the team from Colombia |
| won once again in the mid-1960s.In addition, the national | | | | finished in 15th place in the men's soccer in the Olympic |
| team earned a gold medal in the Central American | | | | Games of Munich (West Germany). The national team |
| and Caribbean Games in the mid-40s. By 1976, for the | | | | also participated in Mexico '68 (9th), Moscow'80 (10th), |
| third time, Colombia hosted the Baseball World Cup. | | | | and Barcelona'92 (11st). |
| Sportswomen | | | | Pablo Restrepo |
| Did you know- This Spanish-speaking nation has many | | | | Did you know- By 1979, the nation's swimmer Pablo |
| popular sportswomen: Jackeline Renteria (wrestling), | | | | Restrepo, an American-trained athlete, was named as |
| Norfalia Carabali (track and field), Ximena Restrepo | | | | the best athlete of the year in Colombia. In the 1979 |
| (athletics), Maria Morales (triathlon), Fernanda Mosquera | | | | Pan American Games, he won a bronze medal in the |
| (athletics), Olga Lucia Angulo (swimming), Sofia Nieto ( | | | | men's 200m breaststroke and then was finalist at the |
| basketball), Mabel Mosquera (weightlifting), Maria Calle | | | | FINA World Cup. Mr Restrepo was born on May 21, |
| (cycling), and Maria Isabel Urrutia (weightlifting), | | | | 1960, in Medellin. |
| Host Country | | | | Sports |
| Did you know- The nation has been selected to host | | | | Did you know- The nation's most popular sports are |
| the FIFA Under-20 World Championship in 2011. | | | | soccer, cycling, swimming, shooting, baseball, boxing, |
| 1975 FINA World Championships | | | | athletics, and weightlifting. |
| Did you know- Cali -which is Colombia's third largest | | | | |