Libania Grenot Martinez (born 12 July 1983) is a Cuban-born Italian former athlete specialising in the 400 metres. Two times European champion (2014, 2016), she holds the Italian records in the 200 and 400 metres.
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.
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. 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.
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. Grenot repeated this achievement two years later.
Statistics International competitions Representing 1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5th400 m54.432001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada9th (h)3:28.682003Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dom. Rep.4th400 m52.235th3:28.792005Central American and CaribbeanChampionshipsNassau, Bahamas3rd400 m51.533rd3:33.85World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland34th (h)400 m53.05Representing 2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China10th (sf)400 m50.83 2009Mediterranean GamesPescara, Italy1st400 m50.30 NRWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany12th (sf)400 m50.8512th (h)3:31.052010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain3rd 400 m50.433rd3:25.712011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea9th (h)3:26.482012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland6th400 m52.5710th (h)3:31.64Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom9th (sf)400 m51.1811th (h)3:29.012013Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkey2nd200 m23.20World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia8th (sf)400 m50.47170.62014IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas6th3:27.44European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland1st400 m51.107th3:28.302015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China14th (sf)400 m51.142016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands1st400 m50.733rd3:27.49Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil8th400 m51.255th3:27.05 2017IAAF World RelaysNassau, BahamasDQR163.3(A)World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom9th (h)3:27.812018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain2nd400 m51.321st3:28.08European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany9th (sf)400 m51.545th3:28.62
National titles Grenot won seven national championships at individual senior level (six as Italian, three as Cuban).
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 Italian all-time lists - 400 metres Italian all-time lists - 200 metres Italian national track relay team
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