Libania Grenot

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Libania Grenot
Libania Grenot Amsterdam 2016.jpg
Grenot, after her gold medal, at the 2016 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameLibania Grenot Martinez
National team
  • Cuba (2003-2007)
  • Italy: 25 caps (2008-2019) [1]
Citizenship
  • Italian (since 2008)
  • Cuban
Born (1983-07-12) July 12, 1983 (age 40)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Weight61 kg (134 lb) [2]
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event Sprint
Retired2019
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 200 m: 22.56 (2016)
  • 400 m: 50.30 (2009)
  • 4x400 m: 3:25.16 (2016)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Event1st2nd3rd
European Championships 203
Mediterranean Games 220
Total423
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Zürich 400 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Amsterdam 400 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Barcelona 400 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2010 Barcelona 4x400 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 Amsterdam 4x400 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Pescara 400 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Tarragona 4x400 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Mersin 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Tarragona 400 m
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Event1st2nd3rd
CAC Championships 002
Grenot en route her gold medal at the 2014 European Championships Libania Grenot Zurich 2014.jpg
Grenot en route her gold medal at the 2014 European Championships
Grenot at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Libania Grenot en los Juegos del Mediterraneo 2018.jpg
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]

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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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
1999 World Youth Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 5th400 m54.43
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 9th (h)4×400 m 3:28.68
2003 Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. 4th400 m 52.23
5th4×400 m 3:28.79
2005 Central American and Caribbean
Championships
Nassau, Bahamas 3rd400 m 51.53
3rd4×400 m 3:33.85
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 34th (h)400 m 53.05
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 10th (sf)400 m 50.83 NR
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 1st400 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
3rd4×400 m 3:25.71
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 9th (h)4×400 m 3:26.48
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th400 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 2nd200 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 6th4×400 m 3:27.44
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 1st400 m 51.10
7th4×400 m 3:28.30
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 14th (sf)400 m 51.14
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 1st400 m 50.73
3rd4×400 m 3:27.49
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8th400 m 51.25
5th4×400 m 3:27.05 [n 2]
2017 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas DQ4×100 m R163.3(A) [n 3]
World Championships London, United Kingdom 9th (h)4×400 m 3:27.81
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 2nd400 m 51.32
1st4×400 m 3:28.08
European Championships Berlin, Germany 9th (sf)400 m 51.54
5th4×400 m 3:28.62

National titles

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

See also

Notes

  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

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