Naman Keïta

Naman Keïta (born the April 9th 1978 with Paris) is a Athlète French, practitioner the 400 m hedges. It measures 1,96 m for 86 kg. Its club is Avia Club of Iso-the-Moulineaux. It was Mali in until December 31st 1999.

Beginning its career as a practitioner the High jump in the young people with the club from the ASCC (Chelles (Seine-et-Marne)), it takes the advice of Franck Chevallier, current DTN of the French athletics, before passing on the hedges.

After sharehaving initially shared the group of drive of Fernand Urtebise which Stephan Diagana directs, it is involved then with Herve Stéphan.

In 2002, it obtains its first medal in a great championship, with the relays 4 X.400 m at the time of the Championnats of Europe of athletics 2002. The following year, at the time of the Championnats of the world of athletics 2003 which are held in residence with Saint-Denis, it obtains the money medal with Stephan Diagana and the 2 runners of 400 m flat, Leslie Djhone and Marc Raquil. This medal transformed in July 2005 into gold medal, following the disqualification of the American relay whose athlete Calvin Harrison should not have taken part in the competition following a positive control.

With the Olympic Games of summer of 2004, it carries out a remarkable last straight line to come to gain a bronze medal.

With Gothenburg, it gains gold with relay 4 X.400 Mr.

In August 2007, selected in team of France for the championships of the world of Osaka, it is eliminated at the time of the semi-finals of the 400 m hedges. September 4th, a control antidopage carried out during the recent world ones reveals the presence of Testostérone in the sample of the French runner. At the time of the last day of world competition in Japan, the president of IAAF Lamine Diack gave a report on a suspect test antidopage. The analysis of the sample B having confirmed the first analysis, it is condemned to two years of suspension by the French federation of athletics in October 2007, suspension which takes effect at September 1st, 2007. Keïta explains this result by the use of a food complement bought on Internet. He also recognized his négligance and with stated not to make call of this decision who thus deprives it of the two next expiries, the plays of Beijing 2008 and the world ones of Berlin 2009.