# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emmanuel-bitanga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:53:48.034Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emmanuel-bitanga"
name: "Emmanuel Bitanga"
slug: "emmanuel-bitanga"
description: "Emmanuel Bitanga was a Cameroonian sprinter. In 1980, he set a national record in the 400-meter sprint. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 1998, Bitanga was appointed technical director of Centre Internationale d'Athletisme de Dakar (CIAD), a position which he held until 2006, when he resigned due to health concerns. While at the center, he worked to coach elite athletes such as Amy Mbacké Thiam and Eric Milazar. He is also listed as a co-author for several academic publications on the subject of sports physiology. Bitanga died 9 December 2008, in Yaoundé, Cameroon."
tagline: "Cameroonian athletics competitor (1953-2008)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1953-11-05"
deathDate: "2008-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.807692307692308
  historical:           5.934485333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Emmanuel Bitanga"
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    title: "امانويل بيتانجا"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Bitanga"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Bitanga"
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    title: "Emmanuel Bitanga"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump