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Libania Grenot

Libania Grenot

Italian sprinter

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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Grenot en route her gold medal at the 2014 European Championships
Grenot at the 2018 Mediterranean Games

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

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National titles

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

See also

Notes

  1. [n 1]
    Finishing the race without the baton. 3:29.62 in the heats.
  2. [n 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. [n 3]
    Lane infringement

References

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