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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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 | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Biography
editBorn 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
editInternational competitions
editNational titles
editGrenot 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
editNotes
edit- ^ Finishing the race without the baton. 3:29.62 in the heats.
- ^ 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
- ^ Lane infringement
References
edit- ^ "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. 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
edit- Libania Grenot at World Athletics
- Libania Grenot at Diamond League
- Libania Grenot at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Libania Grenot at Olympedia
- Libania Grenot at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)