Nantenin Keïta

Nantenin Keïta (born November 5, 1984 in Bamako, Mali) is a Malian-French athlete who competes for France. She was world champion in the visually impaired 400 m in 2006, bronze medal in the 400 m at the 2008 Paralympic Games (setting a new French record in the discipline), bronze medal in the 100 m at the 2012 Paralympic Games, and Paralympic champion in the 400 metres at the 2016 Games in Rio. On July 11, 2024, she was named flag bearer of the French delegation at the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games in Paris along with paratriathlete Alexis Hanquinquant. On August 28, 2024, she was one of the last five torchbearers to light the cauldron for the 2024 Paralympic Summer Games.