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Nationality  Italian
Name  Libania Grenot
Country  Italy
Role  Athlete

Sport  Athletics
Height  1.75 m
Events  400 metres

Born  July 12, 1983 (age 32) (1983-07-12)
Spouse  Silvio Scaffetti (m. 2006)

Personal best(s)  400 m: 50.30(2008)

Zurich 2014 women 400 m italy gold with libania grenot


Libania Grenot Martinez (born 12 July 1983) is a Cuban-born Italian female athlete specialising in the 400 metres.

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Biography

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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. 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.

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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.

National titles

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  • 5 wins in 400 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016)
  • 1 win in 200 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (2012)

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    References

    Libania Grenot Wikipedia