Naman Keïta (born 9 April 1978 in

Paris, France Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

) is a

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, who takes part in the

400 m hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ar ...

and 4 x 400m relay, competing internationally for

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. He won the 4x400m relay gold medal at the 2003 World Championships in

. He was the

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ist in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

at the

2004 Olympic Games 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), ...

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. Besides, he won a gold medal and a bronze medal in the 4x400 m relay at the

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Personal

Keïta was born in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

to a

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...

an father and an Algerian mother. His hobbies are cooking and jazz music.

Career

Naman Keïta started

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while in

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. 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

until the end of 1999, when he switched his allegiance to

. He finished fourth in the 400 m hurdles final at the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

. Keïta tested positive for a prohibited substance (

testosterone Testosterone is the primary sex hormone and anabolic steroid in males. In humans, testosterone plays a key role in the development of Male reproductive system, male reproductive tissues such as testes and prostate, as well as promoting secondar ...

) while taking part in the 2007 World Athletics Championship in

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. He was suspended from all competitions for two years by the

Fédération française d'athlétisme The French Athletics Federation (french: Fédération française d'athlétisme - ''FFA''), is the governing body for the sport of athletics in France. History FFA is the heir to the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA), ...

in October 2007, with the suspension taking effect from 1 Sep 2007.L'EQUIPE.FR Aussi - Naman Keita contrôlé positif

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* 1978 births Living people French male hurdlers French male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of France Olympic bronze medalists for France French people of Malian descent French sportspeople of Algerian descent Athletes from Paris Doping cases in athletics French sportspeople in doping cases World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships winners 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub

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