Libania Grenot
Libania Grenot, after her gold medal, at the 2016 European Athletics Championships | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | July 12, 1983 |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 400m |
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Libania Grenot Martinez (born 12 July 1983) is a Cuban-born Italian female athlete specialising in the 400 metres.[2]
Biography
Born in Santiago de Cuba on 12 July 1983, she started her sports career in track and field athletics. In 2006, she married an Italian man and relocated to Casalpalocco, a borough in Rome. She acquired Italian citizenship in 2008. She broke the Italian record at 400 meters with a time of 50.83 seconds. This performance took place in Beijing during the semi-final of the 400 meters. Despite this effort Grenot did not reach the final.[3] In 2009, she won a gold medal for the 400 meters at the XVI Mediterranean Games with a time of 50.30 seconds, a new Italian record.[4]
In 2014, she was first in the 400 meters at the European Championships, becoming the first Italian woman to win an international track title since 1938.[5]
Competition record
National titles
- 5 wins in 400 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016)[7]
- 1 win in 200 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (2012)
See also
References
- ↑ Rio 2016 bio
- ↑ Libania Grenot at IAAF
- ↑ Iaaf website personal page of Libiana Grenot
- ↑ From the online edition of Repubblica, July 2nd, 2009
- ↑ http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/european-championships-womens-events-facts-stats-11226/#O1YZuZMmj2qzL2Xo.99
- ↑ Disqualified in the final
- ↑ "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
External links
- Libania Grenot at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
Media related to Libania Grenot at Wikimedia Commons