Libania Grenot
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Full name | Libania Grenot Martinez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | July 12, 1983|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
Born in Santiago de Cuba on 12 July 1983, Grenot started running at the age of 9. In 2003-05, 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[]
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Cuba | |||||
1999 | World Youth Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | 400 m | 54.43 |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 9th (h) | 4×400 m | 3:28.68 |
2003 | Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. | 4th | 400 m | 52.23 |
5th | 4×400 m | 3:28.79 | |||
2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships |
Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd | 400 m | 51.53 |
3rd | 4×400 m | 3:33.85 | |||
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 34th (h) | 400 m | 53.05 | |
Representing Italy | |||||
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 10th (sf) | 400 m | 50.83 NR |
2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 1st | 400 m | 50.30 NR |
World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 12th (sf) | 400 m | 50.85 | |
12th (h) | 4×400 m | 3:31.05 | |||
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd [9] | 400 m | 50.43 |
3rd | 4×400 m | 3:25.71 | |||
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 9th (h) | 4×400 m | 3:26.48 |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th | 400 m | 52.57 |
10th (h) | 4×400 m | 3:31.64 | |||
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 9th (sf) | 400 m | 51.18 | |
11th (h) | 4×400 m | 3:29.01 | |||
2013 | Mediterranean Games | Mersin, Turkey | 2nd | 200 m | 23.20 |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 8th (sf) | 400 m | 50.47 | |
DQ | 4×400 m | 170.6[n 1] | |||
2014 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 6th | 4×400 m | 3:27.44 |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 1st | 400 m | 51.10 | |
7th | 4×400 m | 3:28.30 | |||
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 14th (sf) | 400 m | 51.14 |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | 400 m | 50.73 |
3rd | 4×400 m | 3:27.49 | |||
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 8th | 400 m | 51.25 | |
5th | 4×400 m | 3:27.05 [n 2] | |||
2017 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | DQ | 4×100 m | R163.3(A)[n 3] |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 9th (h) | 4×400 m | 3:27.81 | |
2018 | Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 2nd | 400 m | 51.32 |
1st | 4×400 m | 3:28.08 | |||
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 9th (sf) | 400 m | 51.54 | |
5th | 4×400 m | 3:28.62 |
National titles[]
Grenot won seven national championships at individual senior level (six as Italian, three as Cuban).[10]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 200 m: 2012 (1)
- 400 m: 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016 (5)
- Cuban Athletics Championships
- 400 m: 2003, 2004, 2005 (3)
See also[]
- Italian all-time lists - 400 metres
- Italian all-time lists - 200 metres
- Italian national track relay team
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Libania Grenot - Biografia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Benatti, Andrea (25 April 2019). "Libania Grenot si è ritirata! Diventerà mamma..." Queen Atletica | AtleticaLive.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "PRIMATI E MIGLIORI PRESTAZIONI ITALIANE" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b "La Grenot incanta: record italiano in 51.05". fidal.it (in Italian). Italian Athletics Federation. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Libania GRENOT – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Pescara 2009, Atletica: Grenot oro e record Italiano 400 metri". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2 July 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Mills, Steven (26 August 2014). "European Championships: Women's events facts and stats". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "A Grenot il bronzo europeo di Barcellona 2010". fidal.it (in Italian). Italian Athletics Federation. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
External links[]
- Libania Grenot at World Athletics
- Libania Grenot at European Athletic Association (archived)
- Libania Grenot at Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Libania Grenot at Diamond League
- Libania Grenot at Olympedia
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Cuban female sprinters
- Italian female sprinters
- Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Italy
- Cuban emigrants to Italy
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba
- Pan American Games competitors for Cuba
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Olympic female sprinters