Suzy Batkovic | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Councillor of the City of Townsville for Division 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 28 March 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Verena Coombe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Suzy Batkovic 17 December 1980 Newcastle, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Team Jenny Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Basketball career | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Listed height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 197 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| WNBA draft | 2003: 2nd round, 22nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Seattle Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2003–2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Australian Institute of Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Sydney Uni Flames | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Townsville Fire | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Sydney Uni Flames | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Canberra Capitals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Adelaide Lightning | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | Townsville Fire | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Suzy Batkovic (born 17 December 1980) is an Australian professional basketball player and politician. Suzy played her junior basketball with the Port Hunter Basketball Club in Newcastle. She has played basketball for several European clubs including the French Valenciennes, the Spanish side Ros Casares, the Russian side UMMC Ekaterinburg, and Italian side Cras Basket. In the United States, she has played for the Seattle Storm after having been selected as a first round draft pick in 2003. She has played professional basketball domestically for the Australian Institute of Sport in 1996–1999, the Sydney Uni Flames from 1999–2001, and 2009–2010, the Townsville Fire in 2001–2002, the Canberra Capitals in 2010–2011, and the Adelaide Lightning in 2011–2013; she returned to the Fire for the 2013–14 season.[2] She has been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team, being named to the team for the first time in 1999. She won a silver medal with the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
After retiring from professional basketball, Batkovic was elected as a Townsville City Councillor in 2020.
- ^ "Suzy Batkovic". Official Site of the 2012 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "Opal Batkovic Signs With Townsville" (Press release). Women's National Basketball League. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2013.