Medal record
Naman Keïta at the Golden League 2006, Gaz de France
Men’s athletics
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.

He finished fourth in the 400 m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.

He 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. His hobbies are cooking and jazz music.

He was Malian until the end of 1999: his father is of Malian origin, while his mother is of Algerian origin.

Keïta was caught for using a prohibited substance (testosterone) before the World Athletics Championship in Osaka 2007.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• IAAF profile for Naman Keïta

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