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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.
Key Information
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.[1]
Personal life
[edit]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.[2]
On 26 June 2012, Batman was killed in a car crash at Marrakai, southeast of Darwin, Northern Territory. He was 31.[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "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]- 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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Daniel Batman
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Daniel Batman (20 March 1981 – 26 June 2012) was an Australian sprinter specializing in the 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, and 400 m hurdles.[1] He represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, competing in the men's 400 m event, where he suffered a hamstring injury.[2] Batman achieved his breakthrough internationally by winning a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1998 IAAF World Junior Championships in Annecy, France, as part of the Australian team.[3] His personal bests included 10.19 seconds in the 100 m, 20.44 seconds in the 200 m, and 45.02 seconds in the 400 m.[3]
Throughout his career, Batman earned seven medals at the Australian Athletics Championships, including national titles in the 200 m in 2005 (20.76 s) and 2008 (20.89 s).[3] He also secured top-eight finishes at major international competitions, such as the 2003 World Indoor Championships and the 2005 World Championships.[1] Batman held the Australian under-20 record in the 4 × 400 m relay and the national indoor record in the 400 m.[3] In addition to the Olympics, he competed for Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 2002 and 2006 IAAF World Cup, and multiple World Championships and Indoor Championships between 2003 and 2008.[3] A father of three, Batman resided in Canberra and continued training until his untimely death in a single-vehicle rollover on the Arnhem Highway near Darwin on 26 June 2012, at the age of 31.[4][5]
These performances underscored his versatility across short sprints and contributed to Australia's depth in the discipline.[1][7]
Early life
Birth and family background
Daniel Batman was born on 20 March 1981 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] He was the son of a sports scientist and grew up in the southern Sydney suburb of Oatley, within the Sutherland Shire.[6][7] Batman claimed to be a direct descendant of John Batman, the founder of Melbourne.[6] Limited public information exists regarding his parents beyond his father's profession or any siblings, though his early environment in suburban Sydney provided initial exposure to sports through local school activities.[7]Education
Batman was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 20 March 1981. His family relocated to the Sydney area early in his childhood, where he was raised in the suburb of Oatley.[7] Following the move, he attended The Scots College in Sydney, an elite independent school where he joined the athletics program and began organized track training.[6][8] He also attended Cranbrook School, another prestigious Sydney institution known for its strong sports programs, which offered advanced facilities that enabled him to balance rigorous academic studies with intensive sprint training.[9][6] At these schools, he competed in athletics. In addition to athletics, he played rugby and represented the Australian schoolboys team.[6][7]Athletic career
Junior and early achievements
Batman emerged as a promising talent in Australian junior athletics during the late 1990s, specializing initially in the 400m. At the 1997-98 Australian Junior Track & Field Championships, he earned bronze in the 400m with a time of 47.63.[10] His international debut came at the 1998 IAAF World Junior Championships in Annecy, France, where he helped secure Australia's gold medal in the men's 4x400m relay, contributing to the team's world junior leading time of 3:04.74 in the final after running in the qualifying heat. In the individual 400m, Batman advanced to the semi-finals, placing third in his heat (47.17) before finishing fifth in the semi (47.41). This performance marked his first global success and highlighted his potential as a relay and individual sprinter.[3][10] Following his World Junior medal, Batman was selected for the Australian junior national team, representing the country in under-20 international competitions in Europe. At age 18, he continued his rise by placing third in the open 400m at the 1999-2000 Australian Track & Field Championships with a personal best of 46.71, transitioning toward senior-level contention.[10]Senior career and national titles
Batman began his senior athletic career in 2000 at the age of 19, earning selection to represent Australia in the 400 meters at the Sydney Olympic Games, where he competed in the heats but did not finish due to a hamstring injury.[3] Following this debut, he dedicated himself to full-time training, initially as part of the Australian Institute of Sport program before facing disciplinary challenges that temporarily sidelined him, though he later regained support from Athletics Australia to pursue professional-level competition.[11] His domestic success helped elevate Australian sprinting standards during a period when the nation sought to build depth in short-distance events.[12] Batman achieved his first national title at the 2005 Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney, winning the men's 200 meters in 20.76 seconds with a legal tailwind of -0.2 m/s, marking a personal best at the time and securing his selection for the World Championships later that year.[3] He also claimed gold in the 100 meters at the same event, clocking 10.33 seconds to edge out defending champion Josh Ross by 0.03 seconds, demonstrating his explosive speed in the shorter sprint.[13] These victories represented a career resurgence after earlier setbacks, positioning Batman as a leading figure in Australian sprinting.[14] In 2008, Batman reclaimed the national 200 meters title at the Australian Athletics Championships, winning in 20.89 seconds with a headwind of -1.2 m/s, further solidifying his status as a two-time champion in the event.[3] Over the decade from 2000 to 2010, he amassed seven medals across the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters at the Australian Athletics Championships, highlighting his versatility as one of the few Australian athletes to excel in all three sprint distances.[7] This multi-event prowess contributed to his ranking among the top 10 fastest Australian men historically in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters, inspiring a new generation of sprinters through his consistent performances at national training hubs.[12]International competitions
Daniel Batman made his Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Games, representing Australia in the men's 400m where he competed in heat 9 of the first round but did not finish, thus not advancing further.[15] His strongest performance came at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom, where he placed sixth in the men's 400m final with a time of 46.67 seconds, marking his best result on the global stage.[16][12] Batman represented Australia in seven senior international events, showcasing his versatility across sprints and relays. At the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, he competed in the men's 400m heats, finishing sixth in his heat with 46.22 seconds and not progressing.[17] In 2005 at the World Championships in Helsinki, he ran the men's 200m, winning his heat in 20.68 seconds before placing fourth in the quarterfinal (20.95) and sixth in the semifinal (20.98), and contributed to the Australian 4x100m relay team's fifth-place finish in the final (38.32 seconds).[18][19] He also participated in the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia, running in the Australian 4x400m relay heat (3:12.69, season's best) but not qualifying for the final.[10] In team events, Batman helped Oceania to fifth place in the 4x400m relay at the 2002 IAAF World Cup in Madrid (3:03.65, his leg 45.5 seconds).[20] At the 2006 IAAF World Cup in Athens, he was part of the Australian squads for the 4x100m (sixth place, 39.48) and 4x400m (eighth place, 3:05.54, his leg 46.9 seconds) relays.[10][21] During the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, he advanced to the 200m semifinals (sixth place, 20.90 seconds) after winning his heat (20.86) and placing second in round two (20.74), and ran the first leg for Australia in the 4x100m relay heat (second place, 38.57, qualified for final but team DNF in final).[22] Batman also competed in the IAAF Grand Prix circuit across Europe and Asia from 2001 to 2009, achieving top-eight finishes in 200m and 400m heats on several occasions, including a win in the 200m at the 2005 Zagreb Grand Prix (20.60 seconds) and defeating world-class competitors like Jeremy Wariner in the 200m at the 2008 Sydney Grand Prix (20.81 seconds).[23][24][3]Personal bests and records
Daniel Batman's personal best in the 400 metres was 45.02 seconds, achieved in Canberra on 22 February 2003, which ranks as the eighth-fastest time by an Australian man in history.[1][25] He also set the Australian indoor record in the 400 metres with a time of 45.93 seconds in 2003, a mark that stood until it was broken by Steven Solomon in 2018.[26][27] Batman's other notable personal bests in sprint events include the following:| Event | Time | Date | Location/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 10.19 | 22 January 2005 | Legal wind (+1.1 m/s) |
| 200 m | 20.29 | 26 January 2006 | Legal wind |
| 200 m | 20.44 | 17 May 2005 | Wind-aided (+2.0 m/s) |
| 400 m (indoor) | 45.93 | 2 March 2003 | Australian record (former) |