Naman Keïta

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Naman Keïta

Naman Keïta at the Golden League 2006, Gaz de France
Medal record
Men’s
athletics
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 400 m hurdles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Paris 4x400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Gothenburg 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Munich 4x400 m relay

Naman Keïta (born 9 April 1978 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 (

Fédération française d'athlétisme in October 2007, with the suspension taking effect from 1 Sep 2007.[2]

See also

  • List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

  1. ^ "RFI - Jeux Olympiques 2004 - Naman Keita, couleur bronze". www.rfi.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  2. ^ L'EQUIPE.FR Aussi - Naman Keita contrôlé positif Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine

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