Kenta Bell (born March 16, 1977, in

Kilgore, Texas Kilgore is a city in Gregg and Rusk counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United Sta ...

) is an

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who competes mainly in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

. He won this event at the 2001 Universiade and the 2003 national championship. Bell has also finished third in two IAAF World Athletics Finals. He has also competed at the larger competitions such as the 2003 World Championships, the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and the 2005 World Championships where he finished 6th, 9th and 7th respectively. He received a three-month doping ban after a positive test for

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at the 2007

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. He is a 2001 graduate of

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. Bell placed second in the Olympic trials and competed in the 2008 Olympic Games, where he finished 25th in the qualifying stage. Bell received a lifetime ban for engaging in and orchestrating prohibited doping conduct from USADA on November 7, 2017.

Personal bests

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

- 8.07 m (2000) *

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

- 17.73 m (2002)

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* * * * * 1977 births Living people People from Kilgore, Texas American male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Northwestern State Demons and Lady Demons athletes African-American male track and field athletes Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Sportspeople banned for life Track and field athletes from Texas 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American sportspeople College men's track and field athletes in the United States {{US-triplejump-athletics-bio-stub

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