Daniel Batman
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 March 1981 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 26 June 2012 (aged 31) Marrakai, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Education | |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprinting |
| Achievements and titles | |
| 2000 | |
National finals | 2005 and 2008 |
Highest world ranking | 6th at the 2003 World Indoor Championships |
Daniel Batman (20 March 1981 – 26 June 2012) was an Australian sprinter. He was the Australian national men's 200-metres champion in 2005 and 2008. He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and his best international achievement was a sixth place at the 2003 World Indoor Championships.
Batman was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He attended The Scots College but left[why?] and then attended Cranbrook School. He trained at the Australian Institute of Sport but was cut from the program for his behaviour. He was fined and suspended from Athletics Australia.[1] He was a direct descendant of John Batman, the founder of Melbourne.[2]
Personal life
[edit source]Batman was married to Nova Peris, an Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, in March 2002; the couple separated in 2010. Batman had two children with Peris: Destiny and Jack. Batman had another child, Liberty, in late 2011 with partner Natalie Sainsbury.[3]
On 26 June 2012, Batman was killed in a car crash at Marrakai, southeast of Darwin, Northern Territory. He was 31.[4][5][6]
References
[edit source]- ↑ "Brats all folks". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 March 2005.
- ↑ "Olympian Daniel Batman killed in car crash - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC Online. ABC. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ "Like a bat outta hell for London" Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. The Canberra Times, 16 December 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2012
- ↑ Frost, Carleen; Turner, Ellie (26 June 2012). "Australian Olympian Daniel Batman killed in NT car crash". Herald-Sun. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ↑ Williams, Jacqueline (26 June 2012). "Athlete Batman killed in car rollover". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ↑ "Aussie sprinter Batman killed in car crash". SBS News. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
External links
[edit source]- Daniel Batman at World Athletics
- Athletics Australia profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 September 2007)
- Daniel Batman at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Daniel Batman at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Daniel Batman at Olympics.com
- Daniel Batman at Olympedia
- Daniel Batman at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- ABC story on Batman's death
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