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Naman Keïta (born 9 April 1978 in
Paris, France ) is a
track and field
athlete , who takes part in the
400 m hurdles and
4 x 400m relay , competing internationally for
France . He won the 4x400m relay gold medal at the
2003 World Championships in
Paris, France . He was the
bronze medalist in the
400 metres hurdles at the
2004 Olympic Games in
Athens, Greece . Besides, he won a gold medal and a bronze medal in the 4x400 m relay at the
European Athletics Championships .
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 tested positive for a prohibited substance (
testosterone ) while taking part in the
2007 World Athletics Championship in
Osaka, Japan . He was suspended from all competitions for two years by the
Fédération française d'athlétisme in October 2007, with the suspension taking effect from 1 Sep 2007.
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