Norfalia Carabalí Villegas (born 21 January 1964) is a retired sprinter who competed predominantly in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

. She represented her native Colombia for most of her career before changing allegiance to

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in 2000. She competed at three Summer Olympics, in 1988, 1992 and 2000, as well as five World Championships. Her biggest success was reaching the final at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. In addition, she won multiple medals at regional level.

Competition record

¹Representing the Americas

Personal bests

Outdoor *

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...

– 11.89 (Castellón 2000) *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

– 23.37 (+1.8 m/s) (Maracaibo 1989) *

– 51.17 (Stuttgart 1993) *

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

– 2:05.23 (Växjö 1986) Indoor *

– 24.16 (Seville 1991) *

– 54.78 (Seville 1991) *

– 2:09.95 (Seville 1993)

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* 1964 births Living people Colombian female sprinters Colombian female middle-distance runners Spanish female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for Spain Olympic athletes for Colombia Pan American Games athletes for Colombia World Athletics Championships athletes for Colombia World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain Sportspeople from Cauca Department Colombian emigrants to Spain South American Games silver medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1982 Southern Cross Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Olympic female sprinters Spanish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Spanish sportswomen Long stubs with short prose {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub