Libania Grenot
Grenot after winning the 400 metres at the 2016 European Championships
Personal information
Fullย nameLibania Grenot Martinez
Nationalย team
  • Cuba (2003-2007)
  • Italy: 25 caps (2008-2019)[1]
Citizenship
  • Italian (since 2008)
  • Cuban
Born (1983-07-12) 12 July 1983 (ageย 42)
Height1.75ย m (5ย ft 9ย in)[2]
Weight61ย kg (134ย lb)[2]
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event
Sprint
Retired2019
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 200 m: 22.56 (2016)
  • 400 m: 50.30 (2009)
  • 4 ร— 400ย m: 3:25.16 (2016)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing ย Italy
Event1st2nd3rd
European Championships203
Mediterranean Games220
Total423
European Championships
Gold medal โ€“ first place2014 Zรผrich400 m
Gold medal โ€“ first place2016 Amsterdam400 m
Bronze medal โ€“ third place2010 Barcelona400 m
Bronze medal โ€“ third place2010 Barcelona4 ร— 400 m
Bronze medal โ€“ third place2016 Amsterdam4 ร— 400 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal โ€“ first place2009 Pescara400 m
Gold medal โ€“ first place2018 Tarragona4 ร— 400 m
Silver medal โ€“ second place2013 Mersin200 m
Silver medal โ€“ second place2018 Tarragona400 m
Representing ย Cuba
Event1st2nd3rd
CAC Championships002
Grenot en route her gold medal at the 2014 European Championships
Grenot at the 2018 Mediterranean Games

Libania Grenot Martinez (born 12 July 1983) is a Cuban-born Italian former[3] athlete specialising in the 400 metres. Two times European champion (2014, 2016), she holds the Italian records in the 200 and 400 metres.[4]

Biography

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Born in Santiago de Cuba on 12 July 1983, Grenot started running at the age of 9. In 2003โ€“05, she was a Cuban champion in the 400 metres. In 2006, she married an Italian man and relocated to Casal Palocco, a XXXIV zone of Rome.[5]

Grenot acquired Italian citizenship in 2008, and that same year, she broke an Italian record in the 400 meters with a time of 51.05 s and then 50.83 seconds.[5] The latter performance took place at the Beijing Olympics during the semi-final, but despite this effort she did not reach the final.[6] In 2009, she won a gold medal in the distance at the XVI Mediterranean Games with a time of 50.30 s, a new Italian record.[7]

In 2014, she won a gold medal in the 400 metres at the European Championships, becoming the first Italian woman to win an international track title since 1938.[8] Grenot repeated this achievement two years later.

Statistics

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International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing ย Cuba
1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5th400 m54.43
2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada9th (h)4 ร— 400 m3:28.68
2003Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dom. Rep.4th400 m52.23
5th4 ร— 400 m3:28.79
2005Central American and Caribbean
Championships
Nassau, Bahamas3rd400 m51.53
3rd4 ร— 400 m3:33.85
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland34th (h)400 m53.05
Representing ย Italy
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China10th (sf)400 m50.83 NR
2009Mediterranean GamesPescara, Italy1st400 m50.30 NR
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany12th (sf)400 m50.85
12th (h)4 ร— 400 m3:31.05
2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain3rd [9]400 m50.43
3rd4 ร— 400 m3:25.71
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea9th (h)4 ร— 400 m3:26.48
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland6th400 m52.57
10th (h)4 ร— 400 m3:31.64
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom9th (sf)400 m51.18
11th (h)4 ร— 400 m3:29.01
2013Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkey2nd200 m23.20
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia8th (sf)400 m50.47
DQ4 ร— 400 m170.6[n 1]
2014IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas6th4 ร— 400 m3:27.44
European ChampionshipsZรผrich, Switzerland1st400 m51.10
7th4 ร— 400 m3:28.30
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China14th (sf)400 m51.14
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands1st400 m50.73
3rd4 ร— 400 m3:27.49
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil8th400 m51.25
5th4 ร— 400 m3:27.05 [n 2]
2017IAAF World RelaysNassau, BahamasDQ4 ร— 100 mR163.3(A)[n 3]
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom9th (h)4 ร— 400 m3:27.81
2018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain2nd400 m51.32
1st4 ร— 400 m3:28.08
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany9th (sf)400 m51.54
5th4 ร— 400 m3:28.62

National titles

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Grenot won seven national championships at individual senior level (six as Italian, three as Cuban).[10]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Finishing the race without the baton. 3:29.62 in the heats.
  2. ^ Italian squad set the national record in the heats with a time of 3:25.16. It would have been 3rd result in the final
  3. ^ Lane infringement

References

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  1. ^ "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Libania Grenot - Biografia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ Benatti, Andrea (25 April 2019). "Libania Grenot si รจ ritirata! Diventerร  mamma..." Queen Atletica | AtleticaLive.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ^ "PRIMATI E MIGLIORI PRESTAZIONI ITALIANE" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "La Grenot incanta: record italiano in 51.05". fidal.it (in Italian). Italian Athletics Federation. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Libania GRENOT โ€“ Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Pescara 2009, Atletica: Grenot oro e record Italiano 400 metri". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2 July 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ^ Mills, Steven (26 August 2014). "European Championships: Women's events facts and stats". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  9. ^ "A Grenot il bronzo europeo di Barcellona 2010". fidal.it (in Italian). Italian Athletics Federation. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  10. ^ "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE โ€“ 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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