Daniel Batman

Daniel Batman
Personal information
Born20 March 1981
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died26 June 2012(2012-06-26) (aged 31)
Marrakai, Northern Territory, Australia
Education
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportAthletics
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 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

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

  1. ↑ "Brats all folks". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 March 2005.
  2. ↑ "Olympian Daniel Batman killed in car crash - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC Online. ABC. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "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
  4. ↑ Frost, Carleen; Turner, Ellie (26 June 2012). "Australian Olympian Daniel Batman killed in NT car crash". Herald-Sun. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Williams, Jacqueline (26 June 2012). "Athlete Batman killed in car rollover". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Aussie sprinter Batman killed in car crash". SBS News. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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