Personal information | |
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Born | 20 March 1981 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Died | 26 June 2012 Marrakai, Northern Territory, Australia | (aged 31)
Education | |
Sport | |
Country | Australia |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprinting |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 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 and Cranbrook School. He claimed to be a direct descendant of John Batman, the founder of Melbourne[1][dubious – discuss] 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.