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(PWBA) Tour, and also internationally as a member of Team Colombia.

Background

Restrepo graduated from

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in 2010 with a degree in Communications and Broadcast Journalism.

Amateur bowling career

At age 15, Restrepo was the youngest bowler to win a medal at the World Championships, receiving a silver medal at the 2003 WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championship in

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. A member of the Colombian national youth team (2002-2008) and Colombian national team (since 2003), Restrepo was a five-time Colombian national champion. Restrepo bowled at Wichita State University, and was a member of their 2007 and 2009 championship teams at the Intercollegiate Team Championships. She was the 2013 USBC Women's Championships all-events champion and the 2016 USBC Women's Championships Diamond Team champion. In addition to participating in team wins at various PABCON and WTBA events, Restrepo won the individual gold medal in the Women's Masters division at the 2016 Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON) Champion of Champions tournament in Puebla, Mexico. In 2017, Restrepo won the gold medal in the team competition at The World Games 2017 in

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, Poland.

Professional bowling career

Restrepo has bowled on the PWBA Tour since its rebirth in 2015. She currently owns four PWBA Tour titles, including two victories in the 2016 season.

PWBA Tour wins

#2016 PWBA Greater Detroit Open (

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) #2016 PWBA St. Petersburg-Clearwater Open (

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) #2017 QubicaAMF PWBA Sonoma County Open (

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) #2018 BowlerX.com PWBA Twin Cities Open (

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* * * 1987 births Living people Colombian ten-pin bowling players Bowlers at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia World Games gold medalists for Colombia World Games medalists in bowling Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 20th-century Colombian women 21st-century Colombian sportswomen Medalists at the 2017 World Games Pan American Games gold medalists in bowling Pan American Games bronze medalists in bowling {{Bowling-bio-stub