Joseph Batangdon

Joseph Batangdon

Personal information
Nationality	CMR
Born	Cameroon
Height	1.74
Weight	72.00
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	200 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60m: 6.89 100m: 10.19 (NR) 200m: 20.31 (NR) 400m: 46.50
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing the Cameroon World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2003 200 m All-African Games Johannesburg 1999 200 m African Championships Adis Abeba 2008 4x100 m relay Brazzaville 2004 200 m

Joseph Batangdon (born July 29, 1978) is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.

Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 200 metres contest, he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	2nd	200 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	7th	200 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	2nd	200 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	200 m
	African Championships	Brazzaville, Congo	1st	200 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th	200 m
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	6th	200 m
			3rd	4x100 m relay

Personal bests

Outdoor

Distance	Time	Venue	Date
100m	10.19s	Bordeaux, France	12/06/2002
200m	20.31s	Edmonton, Canada Algiers, Algeria Johannesburg, South Africa	07/08/2001 14/07/2000 17/09/1999
300m	32.44s	Sydney, Canada	11/09/2000
400m	46.5s	Nogent-sur-Marne, France	16/06/1996

Indoor

Distance	Time	Place
60m	6.89s	Liévin, France
200m	20.47s	Aubière, France

References

• Joseph Batangdon at World Athletics