KEITA Nantenin

5 Nov 1984
36
Female
T13
BAMAKO
 
Mali
PARIS
 
France

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Women's 400m - T13 4

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Track
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
1400m - T132016Rio de Janeiro, BRA55.78
2Women's 200m T132008Beijing, CHN25.51
3100m - T132012London, GBR12.47
3400m - T132008Beijing, CHN56.28
4400m - T132012London, GBR57.64
4100m - T132008Beijing, CHN12.57
4Women's Long Jump T132008Beijing, CHN5.49
5100m - T132016Rio de Janeiro, BRA12.36
World Championships
1400m - T132015Doha, QAT56.63
1Women's 200m T132006Assen, NED25.93
1400m - T132006Assen, NED58.78
2100m - T132015Doha, QAT12.53
2100m - T132006Assen, NED12.56
2400m - T132002Lille, FRA1:02.29
3100m - T132011Christchurch, NZL12.87
4400m - T132011Christchurch, NZL58.00
5Women's 200m T132011Christchurch, NZL26.03
5100m - T132002Lille, FRA13.18
5Women's Long Jump T132002Lille, FRA4.93
6Women's Long Jump T132006Assen, NED5.13
European Championships
3400m - T132021Bydgoszcz, POL57.50
34x100m Universal Relay2021Bydgoszcz, POL50.44
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Nanto (afrique.lepoint.fr, 16 Sep 2016)
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Listening to music, dancing, watching movies. (Facebook page, 20 May 2017)
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Athlete, Human Resources
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Education - University Paris Nanterre, France
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French
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Racing Club de France Issy Avia [France]
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Her father Salif Keita is a Malian musician and a descendant of the founder of the Mali Empire, Sundiata Keita. (afroziky.com, 02 Feb 2014; assatashakur.org, 30 Oct 2007)
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2002 for France (Athlete, 23 Oct 2015)
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She was affected by several injuries in the three years leading up to the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (handisport.tv, 09 Dec 2016)
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She took up Para athletics in 1998 at school. (Athlete, 23 Oct 2015)
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She liked sports and the feeling of victory. She first tried handball and basketball but had to stop because of her visual impairment. A teacher then invited her to try Para athletics. (Facebook page, 20 Jul 2018)
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US sprinter Michael Johnson, French wheelchair racer Nicolas Brignone. (Athlete, 23 Oct 2015)
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"Sport has helped me realise that beyond my family sphere, I had value. I never had any embarrassment within my family, because albinism was not a subject, my father also has it. But once I got out of my house, I remembered that I was different. Sport has allowed me to affirm that, thanks to this difference, I was able to do things as well, even better than others. It opened doors for me that I wouldn't have been able to open if I didn't have this impairment." (francetvinfo.fr, 13 Jun 2021)
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In 2016 she was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour by the French president. (cpsf.france-paralympique.fr, 01 Dec 2016)

General Interest

Classification
T13, F13 (IPC, 30 Jul 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (afroziky.com, 02 Feb 2014)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (afroziky.com, 02 Feb 2014)

Impairment Details
She was born with albinism. Her father also has the condition. (afroziky.com, 02 Feb 2014)

General
PARIS 2024
She has served on the board of directors for the organising committee of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. (LinkedIn profile, 08 Aug 2021; rfi.fr, 02 Mar 2018)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served as president of her father's charity, The Salif Keita Global Foundation. The organisation aims to help people in Africa with albinism to overcome the difficulties that they face. "My father has always been an example for me. And for several reasons. First, because he is an ambassador and I have always seen him work for this cause. But also because he has always told me that in life, it is important to get involved in causes that are close to our hearts. Especially when we ourselves have been lucky in life. It was also important for me to get involved in a cause that I found just and above all, to tell myself that I had the opportunity to make a difference." (afroziky.com, 02 Feb 2014; lehubsante.com, 26 Nov 2015; elle.fr, 26 Jun 2021)

FROM MALI TO FRANCE
Born in Bamako, Mali, her father took her to France when she was age two so that they could escape the abuse they received due to their albinism. (Facebook page, 20 May 2017)

Legend
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