{{short description|Colombian cross-country mountain biker}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = Laura Valentina Abril Restrepo.JPG | imagesize = | caption = Abril in 2015 | nationality = | sport = Cross-country cycling |disability = |disability_class = | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|1|28|df=y}} | birth_place = La Cumbre, Valle del Cauca, Colombia | death_date = | death_place = | retired= | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Colombia}}}} {{MedalCompetition|South American Games}} {{MedalGold|2018 Cochabamba|Cross-country}} {{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Barranquilla|Cross-country}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2008 Val di Sole|Junior cross-country}} }}
'''Laura Valentina Abril Restrepo''' (born 28 January 1990) is a Colombian cross-country mountain biker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/abril-restrepo-laura-valentina-1105956/|title=Laura Abril|publisher=London2012.com|accessdate=17 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824105436/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/abril-restrepo-laura-valentina-1105956/|archivedate=24 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/laura-abril-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111030/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/laura-abril-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Laura Abril Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref> She was junior world champion in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldxcmtb.com/database/xco-riders/abril-laura.html|title=Laura Abril|publisher=Worldxcmtb.com|accessdate=17 August 2012|archive-date=9 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209223247/http://www.worldxcmtb.com/database/xco-riders/abril-laura.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, but didn't complete the race.
Laura Abril won the gold medal in the cross-country event at the 2018 South American Games, Her timing was 1h16m36s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cochabamba 2018 |url=https://www.cochabamba2018.bo/competencias/esquema/4/competencia/9901 |website=Cochabamba 2018 |language=es |date=24 June 2023}}</ref> In the women's cross-country cycling event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, she also took the silver medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Colombia sumó dos platas y un bronce en el MTB de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe |url=http://www.federacioncolombianadeciclismo.com/mtb/colombia-sumo-dos-platas-y-un-bronce-en-el-mtb-de-los-juegos-centroamericanos-y-del-caribe/ |website=Federación Colombiana de Ciclismo |language=es |date=21 July 2018}}</ref>
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