Libania Grenot Martinez (born 12 July 1983) is a

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former athlete specialising in the

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. Two times European champion (2014, 2016), she holds the Italian records in the 200 and 400 metres.

Biography

Born in

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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

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. 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

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, becoming the first Italian woman to win an international track title since 1938. Grenot repeated this achievement two years later.

Statistics

International competitions

National titles

Grenot won seven national championships at individual

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level (six as Italian, three as Cuban). *

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**200 m: 2012 (1) **400 m: 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016 (5) *

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**400 m: 2003, 2004, 2005 (3)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grenot, Libania 1983 births Living people Cuban female sprinters Italian female sprinters Athletes from Santiago de Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy Cuban emigrants to Italy Naturalised citizens of Italy Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba Pan American Games athletes for Cuba European Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Italian Athletics Championships winners Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Italian sportswomen