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{{short description|Cameroonian sprinter}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Joseph Batangdon
| image = 
| imagesize = 280px
| caption = 
| fullname =
| nicknames =
| nationality = {{flag|CMR}}
| sport = [[Running]]
| event  = 200 m
| club =
| collegeteam = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|06|29}}
| birth_place = [[Cameroon]]
| residence = [[Paris]], [[France]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| height = 1.74
| weight = 72.00
| pb = 
'''60m''': 6.89<br>
'''100m''': 10.19 (NR)<br>
'''200m''': 20.31 (NR)<br>
'''400m''': 46.50 
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CMR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships#Men|Birmingham 2003]]|200 m}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[All-Africa Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games#Men.27s events|Johannesburg 1999]]|200 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2004 African Championships in Athletics#Track|Brazzaville 2004]]| 200 m}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2008 African Championships in Athletics#Track|Adis Abeba 2008]]| 4x100 m relay}}
}}

'''Joseph Batangdon''' (born July 29, 1978) is a former [[Cameroon]]ian [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] who specialized in the [[200 metres]].

Batangdon became African champion in [[2004 African Championships in Athletics|2004]], a month before the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. Competing in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 metres contest]], he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{CMR}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1999
|rowspan=2|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Seville, Spain]]
|21st (qf)
|200 m
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.70]]
|-
|12th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay|39.25]] (NR)
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
|[[Johannesburg, South Africa]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Men's 200 metres|20.37]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2000
|[[2000 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Algiers, Algeria]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|200 m
|20.31
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|37th (qf)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.52]]
|-
|17th (qf)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|20.55]]
|-
|24th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.62]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2001
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Lisbon, Portugal]]
|9th (sf)
|200 m
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres|21.43]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie|Jeux de la Francophonie]]
|[[Ottawa, Canada]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie – Results#200 meters|20.75]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Edmonton, Canada]]
|16th (sf)
|200 m
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.66]]
|-
|17th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay|39.29]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2002
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Manchester, United Kingdom]]
|15th (sf)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres|10.37]]
|-
|7th
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres|20.36]]
|-
|7th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres|39.52]]
|-
|[[2002 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Radès, Tunisia]]
|4th
|200 m
|[[2002 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.47]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2003
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Birmingham, United Kingdom]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|200 m
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.76]]
|-
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|29th (qf)
|200 m
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.81]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Abuja, Nigeria]]
|6th
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's 200 metres|21.09]]
|-
|4th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.94]]
|-
|rowspan=5|2004
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|4th
|200 m
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres|21.16]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2004 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|200 m
|[[2004 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.46]]
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2004 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.87]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|34th (h)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|20.92]]
|-
|[[2004 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Monte Carlo, Monaco]]
|7th
|200 m
|20.95
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games|Islamic Solidarity Games]]
|[[Mecca, Saudi Arabia]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games – Results|20.73]]
|-
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|22nd (qf)
|200 m
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|21.38]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|rowspan=2|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]]
|6th
|200 m
|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|21.24]]
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|40.60]]
|-
|2009
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie|Jeux de la Francophonie]]
|[[Beirut, Lebanon]]
|5th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie – Results|40.07]]
|}

===Personal bests===
====Outdoor====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Distance
! Time
! Venue
! Date
|-
| 100m
| 10.19s
| [[Bordeaux]], {{FRA}}
| 12/06/2002
|-
| 200m
| 20.31s
| [[Edmonton]], {{CAN}}<br>[[Algiers]], {{ALG}}<br>[[Johannesburg]], {{RSA}}
| <br> 07/08/2001 <br> 14/07/2000 <br> 17/09/1999
|-
| 300m
| 32.44s
| [[Sydney]], {{CAN}}
| 11/09/2000
|-
| 400m
| 46.5s
| [[Nogent-sur-Marne]], {{FRA}}
| 16/06/1996
|}

====Indoor====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Distance
! Time
! Place
|-
| 60m
| 6.89s
| Liévin, {{FRA}}
|-
| 200m
| 20.47s
| Aubière, {{FRA}}
|}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}

{{Footer African Champions men's 200 metres}}
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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cameroonian male sprinters]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Cameroon]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Cameroon]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists for Cameroon]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Cameroon]]
[[Category:Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:20th-century Cameroonian people]]
[[Category:21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Cameroon]]
[[Category:20th-century Cameroonian sportsmen]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]

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