Libania Grenot Explained

Libania Grenot
Full Name:Libania Grenot Martinez
Birth Date:12 July 1983
Birth Place:Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height:1.75 m
Weight:61 kg[1]
National Team:

25 caps (2008-2019)[2]

Sport:Track and field
Event:Sprint
Retired:2019
Pb:
  • 200 m: 22.56 (2016)
  • 400 m: 50.30 (2009)
  • 4x400 m: 3:25.16 (2016)

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. 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

Representing
1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5th400 m54.43
2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada9th (h)4×400 m3:28.68
2003Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dom. Rep.4th400 m52.23
5th4×400 m3:28.79
2005Central American and Caribbean
Championships		Nassau, Bahamas3rd400 m51.53
3rd4×400 m3:33.85
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland34th (h)400 m53.05
Representing
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China10th (sf)400 m
2009Mediterranean GamesPescara, Italybgcolor=gold1st400 m50.30 NR
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany12th (sf)400 m50.85
12th (h)4×400 m3:31.05
2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain3rd [9] 400 m50.43
3rd4×400 m3:25.71
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea9th (h)4×400 m3:26.48
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland6th400 m52.57
10th (h)4×400 m3:31.64
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom9th (sf)400 m51.18
11th (h)4×400 m3:29.01
2013Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkeybgcolor=silver2nd200 m23.20
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia8th (sf)400 m50.47
4×400 m170.6
2014IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas6th4×400 m3:27.44
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerlandbgcolor=gold1st400 m51.10
7th4×400 m3:28.30
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China14th (sf)400 m51.14
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlandsbgcolor=gold1st400 m50.73
3rd4×400 m3:27.49
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil8th400 m51.25
5th4×400 m
2017IAAF World RelaysNassau, BahamasDQ4×100 mR163.3(A)
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom9th (h)4×400 m3:27.81
2018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spainbgcolor=silver2nd400 m51.32
bgcolor=gold1st4×400 m3:28.08
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany9th (sf)400 m51.54
5th4×400 m3:28.62

National titles

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Libania Grenot - Biografia. fidal.it. it. 21 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010. asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. it. 21 June 2021. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828003321/http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: Benatti. Andrea. 2019-04-25. Libania Grenot si è ritirata! Diventerà mamma.... 2021-06-19. Queen Atletica AtleticaLive.it. it.
  4. Web site: PRIMATI E MIGLIORI PRESTAZIONI ITALIANE. fidal.it. it. 14 June 2021. 21 June 2021.
  5. Web site: 2008-06-28. La Grenot incanta: record italiano in 51.05. 2021-06-20. fidal.it. Italian Athletics Federation. it.
  6. Web site: Libania GRENOT – Athlete Profile. 2021-06-19. World Athletics.
  7. Web site: 2009-07-02. Pescara 2009, Atletica: Grenot oro e record Italiano 400 metri. 2021-06-19. la Repubblica. it.
  8. Web site: Mills. Steven. 2014-08-26. European Championships: Women's events facts and stats. 2021-06-19. Athletics Weekly.
  9. Web site: 2019-09-19. A Grenot il bronzo europeo di Barcellona 2010. 22 September 2019. fidal.it. Italian Athletics Federation. it.
  10. Web site: TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020. sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. 21 June 2021.

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