Naman Keïta

Medal record
Naman Keïta at the Golden League 2006, Gaz de France
Men’s athletics
Competitor for  France
Olympic Games
Bronze	2004 Athens	400 m hurdles
World Championships
Gold	2003 Paris	4x400 m relay

Naman Keïta (born 9 April 1978 in Paris, France) is a track and field athlete, who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles, competing internationally for France. He was a bronze medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

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 was caught for using a prohibited substance (testosterone) before the World Athletics Championship in Osaka 2007.^[2]

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

1. ^ Naman Keita, couleur bronze
2. ^ L'EQUIPE.FR Aussi - Naman Keita contrôlé positif

External links

• IAAF profile for Naman Keïta

Persondata
Name	Keita, Naman
Alternative names
Short description	French athlete
Date of birth	9 April 1978
Place of birth
Date of death
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