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
EventSprinting
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2000
National finals2005 and 2008
Highest world ranking6th 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 and Cranbrook School. He claimed to be a direct descendant of John Batman, the founder of Melbourne[1][dubiousdiscuss] but John Batman's only son, John Charles Batman, died aged just 8 years old, reportedly by drowning in the Yarra River, but rumoured to have died of syphilis which his father carried.

  1. ^ "Olympian Daniel Batman killed in car crash - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC Online. ABC. Retrieved 8 August 2012.