Daniel Batman
{{short description|Australian sprinter (1981–2012)}}
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| birth_date = 20 March 1981
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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| death_place = Marrakai, Northern Territory, Australia
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| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprinting
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| nationals = 2005 and 2008
| olympics = 2000
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| highestranking = 6th at the 2003 World Indoor Championships
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| education = {{bulleted list|Cranbrook School, Sydney|The Scots College}}
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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 and Cranbrook School. He was a direct descendant of John Batman, the founder of Melbourne.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-26/athlete-batman-killed-in-car-crash/4094098 |title=Olympian Daniel Batman killed in car crash - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |work=ABC Online |publisher=ABC |access-date=8 August 2012}}
Personal life
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.[http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/athletics/like-a-bat-outta-hell-for-london-20111216-1ugkp.html "Like a bat outta hell for London"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043441/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/athletics/like-a-bat-outta-hell-for-london-20111216-1ugkp.html |date=1 December 2017 }}. The Canberra Times, 16 December 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2012
On 26 June 2012, Batman was killed in a car crash at Marrakai, southeast of Darwin, Northern Territory. He was 31.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/australian-sprinter-daniel-batman-dies-in-remote-car-roll/story-fn7x8me2-1226409484755|title=Australian Olympian Daniel Batman killed in NT car crash|last=Frost|first=Carleen|author2=Turner, Ellie|date=26 June 2012|work=Herald-Sun|access-date=26 June 2012}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/athlete-batman-killed-in-car-rollover-20120626-210dq.html|title=Athlete Batman killed in car rollover|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=26 June 2012|access-date=6 April 2020|author=Williams, Jacqueline}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/aussie-sprinter-batman-killed-in-car-crash|title=Aussie sprinter Batman killed in car crash|work=SBS News|date=26 June 2012|access-date=6 April 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901085628/http://www.athletics.com.au/fanzone/athleteprofiles/daniel_batman |date=1 September 2007 |title=Athletics Australia profile}}
- {{AOC profile}}
- {{Commonwealth Games Australia|daniel-batman}}
- {{Olympics.com profile}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Commonwealth Games Federation}}
- [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-26/athlete-batman-killed-in-car-crash/4094098 ABC story on Batman's death]
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Category:Australian male sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Australia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes from Melbourne
Category:Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes
Category:Road incident deaths in the Northern Territory
Category:People educated at Scots College (Sydney)
Category:Australian people of English descent
Category:People educated at Cranbrook School, Sydney
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
Category:Australian Athletics Championships winners
Category:Deaths of competitors in athletics
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
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