Bano Traoré (born 25 April 1985 in
Ivry-sur-Seine
Ivry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique in the 13th arrondissement, borders the ...
,
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) is a
Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...
an athlete who specialises in the 110 meter hurdles. Traoré initially represented his birth country, France. He competed at the
2007 World Athletics Championships
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...
and the
2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in the National Indoor Arena (NIA) in Birmingham, England, from Friday, 2 March to Sunday, 4 March 2007. Birmingham also held the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 9th IAAF Wor ...
.
He later began competing for Mali, where his parents come from.
Les haies d'or de Bano Traoré
(in French)
Competition record
See also
* Sub-Saharan African community of Paris
The Paris metropolitan area has a community of origins from Sub-Saharan Africa. There were 54,000 persons of African nationalities, excluding Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, according to the 2009 French census. Countries of origin in sub-Saharan Af ...
References
External links
www.iaaf.org Bano Traoré
1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ivry-sur-Seine
Athletes from Val-de-Marne
Black French sportspeople
French male hurdlers
French sportspeople of Malian descent
Malian male hurdlers
World Athletics Championships athletes for Mali
World Athletics Championships athletes for France
Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
African Games competitors for Mali
21st-century French sportsmen
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