Bano Traoré (born 25 April 1985 in Ivry-sur-Seine, France) is a 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.[1]
He later began competing for Mali, where his parents come from.[2]
| Representing | ||||||
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| 2003 | European Junior Championships | Tampere, Finland | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.95 |
| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 9th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 14.11[3] | |
| 2005 | European U23 Championships | Erfurt, Germany | 4th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.82 w (+2.3 m/s)[4] | |
| 2007 | European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 20th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 7.97 | |
| European U23 Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 3rd (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.78 (+0.3 m/s)[5] | ||
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 34th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.84 | ||
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| 2014 | African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 5th | 110 m hurdles | 14.04 | |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 33rd (h) | 110m hurdles | 13.91 | |
| African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.87 | ||
| 2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 5th | 110 m hurdles | 14.22 | |