medaltemplates article_title birth_date death_date
men 's athletics amadou meïté
 november 28 , 1949 11 february 2014
amadou meïté

amadou meïté -lrb- november 28 , 1949 -- february 11 , 2014 -rrb- was a sprinter from côte d'ivoire , who represented his native west african country twice at the summer olympics : 1972 and 1976 .
he is best known for winning the gold medal in the men 's 100 metres at the 1978 all-africa games .
meïté was the father of ben youssef meïté , a double african champion in 2010 and 2012 , respectively , in 100 and 200 meters .
in january 2014 , amadou meïté was hospitalized in abidjan for an undisclosed illness , after being transferred there from the university hospital in yopougon .
he died in february 2014 at the age of 64 .
