Kenta Bell
Kenta Bell (born March 16, 1977, in Kilgore, Texas) is an American track and field athlete who competes mainly in the triple jump. He won this event at the 2001 Universiade and the 2003 national championship. Bell has also finished third in two IAAF World Athletics Finals.
He has also competed at the larger competitions such as the 2003 World Championships, the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2005 World Championships where he finished 6th, 9th and 7th respectively.
He received a three-month doping ban after a positive test for methylprednisolone at the 2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[1]
He is a 2001 graduate of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Bell placed second in the Olympic trials and competed in the 2008 Olympic Games, where he finished 25th in the qualifying stage.
Bell received a lifetime ban for engaging in and orchestrating prohibited doping conduct from USADA on November 7, 2017.[2]
Personal bests
- Long jump - 8.07 m (2000)
- Triple jump - 17.73 m (2002)
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing the United States | ||||
2001 | World Student Games | Beijing, PR China | 1st | 17.22 m |
2003 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 3rd | |
2004 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 3rd |
See also
References
External links
- Kenta Bell at World Athletics
- Kenta Bell at the U.S. Olympic Team at archive.today (archived August 21, 2004)
- Kenta Bell at USA Track & Field at the Wayback Machine (archived June 29, 2010)
- Kenta Bell at Olympedia
- Kenta Bell at Olympics.com
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- 1959: Oleg Ryakhovskiy (URS)
- 1961: Sorin Ioan (ROM)
- 1963: Satoshi Shimo (JPN)
- 1965: Henrik Kalocsai (HUN)
- 1967: Michael Sauer (FRG)
- 1970: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
- 1973: Mikhail Bariban (URS)
- 1975: Michał Joachimowski (POL)
- 1977: Anatoliy Piskulin (URS)
- 1979: Willie Banks (USA)
- 1981: Zou Zhenxian (CHN)
- 1983: Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR)
- 1985–87: Charles Simpkins (USA)
- 1989: Igor Lapshin (URS)
- 1991: Brian Wellman (BER)
- 1993: Tosi Fasinro (GBR)
- 1995: Andrey Kurennoy (RUS)
- 1997–99: Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
- 2001: Kenta Bell (USA)
- 2003: Gu Junjie (CHN)
- 2005: Aleksandr Sergeyev (RUS)
- 2007: Kim Deok-hyeon (KOR)
- 2009–11: Nelson Évora (POR)
- 2013: Viktor Kuznyetsov (UKR)
- 2015: Dmitry Sorokin (RUS)
- 2017–2019: Nazim Babayev (AZE)
- 2021: Su Wen (CHN)
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