Bano Traoré (born 25 April 1985 in Ivry-sur-Seine) is a French-Malian athlete who specialises in the 110 meter hurdles.
Traoré initially represented his birth country, France. He competed at the 2007 World Athletics Championships and the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships.Le Parisien En bref "Bano Traoré (CA Montreuil) s'est adjugé le 110 m haies du meeting de Marseille, vendredi, en 1370, devançant notamment Ladji Doucouré (Viry-Evry), 1420." He later began competing for Mali, where his parents come from.Les haies d'or de Bano Traoré (in French)
Competition record Representing 2003European Junior ChampionshipsTampere, Finland1st110 m hurdles13.952004World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy9th (h)110 m hurdles14.11Did not finish in the semifinals2005European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany4th (h)110 m hurdles13.82 w (+2.3 m/s)Did not finish in the final2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom20th (h)60 m hurdles7.97European U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary3rd (h)110 m hurdles13.78 (+0.3 m/s)Did not finish in the finalWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan34th (h)110 m hurdles13.84Representing 2014African ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco5th110 m hurdles14.042015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China33rd (h)110m hurdles13.91African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo4th110 m hurdles13.872016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa5th110 m hurdles14.22
See also Sub-Saharan African community of Paris
References
External links www.iaaf.org Bano Traoré