Naman Keïta
Naman Keïta at the Golden League 2006, Gaz de France | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men’s athletics | ||
Representing France | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2004 Athens | 400 m hurdles | |
World Championships | ||
2003 Paris | 4x400 m relay | |
European Championships | ||
2006 Gothenburg | 4x400 m relay | |
2002 Munich | 4x400 m relay |
Naman Keïta (born 9 April 1978 in Paris, France) is a track and field athlete, who takes part in the 400 m hurdles and 4 x 400m relay, competing internationally for France. He won the 4x400m relay gold medal at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. He was the bronze medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Besides, he won a gold medal and a bronze medal in the 4x400 m relay at the European Athletics Championships.
Personal
Keïta was born in Paris to a Malian father and an Algerian mother.[1] His hobbies are cooking and jazz music.
Career
Naman Keïta started running while in primary school. He worked for six months as a postman, before stopping to focus his energies on the World Championships and Olympic Games. He is able to use a 12 stride pattern between the hurdles. He competed internationally for Mali until the end of 1999, when he switched his allegiance to France.
He finished fourth in the 400 m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.
Keïta tested positive for a prohibited substance (testosterone) while taking part in the 2007 World Athletics Championship in Osaka, Japan. He was suspended from all competitions for two years by the Fédération française d'athlétisme in October 2007, with the suspension taking effect from 1 Sep 2007.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "RFI - Jeux Olympiques 2004 - Naman Keita, couleur bronze". www.rfi.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- ^ L'EQUIPE.FR Aussi - Naman Keita contrôlé positif Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Naman Keïta at World Athletics
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- 2017: Jarrin Solomon, Jereem Richards, Machel Cedenio, Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow (TRI)
- 2019: Fred Kerley, Michael Cherry, Wilbert London, Rai Benjamin, Tyrell Richard, Vernon Norwood, Nathan Strother (USA)
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