The country has participated in the summer Olympics since 1932 and their athletes have won 11 medals: a gold, three silver and seven bronze.
Maria Isabel Urrutia, whose roots were in athletics, is to this day, the only gold medalist in any Olympic games from Colombia. She won the women's heavyweight class in weightlifting at Sydney 2000.
As of now, 88 Colombian athletes in 11 events, including athletics, boxing, cycling, football, swimming, taekwondo and wrestling.
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