Libania Grenot
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
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight61 kg (134 lb)[2]
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventSprint
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  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Championships 2 0 3
Mediterranean Games 2 2 0
Total 4 2 3
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Zürich400 m
Gold medal – first place2016 Amsterdam400 m
Bronze medal – third place2010 Barcelona400 m
Bronze medal – third place2010 Barcelona4x400 m
Bronze medal – third place2016 Amsterdam4x400 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2009 Pescara400 m
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona4x400 m
Silver medal – second place2013 Mersin200 m
Silver medal – second place2018 Tarragona400 m
Representing  Cuba
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
CAC Championships 0 0 2
Grenot en route her gold medal at the 2014 European Championships
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]

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  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]

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

References

  1. ↑ "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Libania Grenot - Biografia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Benatti, Andrea (25 April 2019). "Libania Grenot si è ritirata! Diventerà mamma..." Queen Atletica | AtleticaLive.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "PRIMATI E MIGLIORI PRESTAZIONI ITALIANE" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "La Grenot incanta: record italiano in 51.05". fidal.it (in Italian). Italian Athletics Federation. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Libania GRENOT – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Pescara 2009, Atletica: Grenot oro e record Italiano 400 metri". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2 July 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Mills, Steven (26 August 2014). "European Championships: Women's events facts and stats". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "A Grenot il bronzo europeo di Barcellona 2010". fidal.it (in Italian). Italian Athletics Federation. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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