Daniel Batman
Daniel Batman (born March 20, 1981 in Melbourne , Victoria , † June 26, 2012 near Darwin , Northern Territory ) was an Australian sprinter .
Life
Batman was a member of the Australian delegation at the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000 , but retired early due to an injury he sustained in the 400m advance . Batman tried his hand at rugby union . After training with the Brumbies for six months without being deployed, he returned to athletics .
In 2003 he was sixth over 400 m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham . At the World Athletics Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis in the same year he was eliminated in the first round. At the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 2005 , he reached the semi-finals over 200 m and took fifth place with the Australian team in the 4 x 100 meter relay . In 2005 and 2008 he was Australian champion over 200 m at the Australian national championships.
Batman had been married to Nova Peris , who was also part of the 2000 Australian Olympic team , since 2001 and had two children, a son and a daughter with her. At the end of 2001 and again in October 2003 he interrupted his sporting career in order to support his family financially. In 2010 the couple separated; The marriage ended in divorce in 2011. He and his future partner had a child who was born in 2011. On June 26, 2012, Batman died in a traffic accident near Darwin when he lost control of his car. His colleague Matthew Shirvington praised him on Twitter as “the best all-round sprinter Australia has ever seen”, and pole vaulter Steve Hooker called him “truly an original”.
Daniel Batman was a direct descendant of John Batman , one of Melbourne's founders.
Best times
- 100 m : 10.19 s, January 22, 2005, Perth
- 200 m: 20.44 s, May 17, 2005, Darwin
- 400 m: 45.02 s, February 22, 2003, Canberra
- Hall: 45.93 s, March 2, 2003, Birmingham (Oceania record)
Web links
- Daniel Batman in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Daniel Batman in the database of Athletics Australia (English)
- Brat's all folks: sprint ace Batman comes of age , portrait of Jacquelin Magnay in the Sydney Morning Herald , March 5, 2005
- Batman perishes in car crash , message on the IAAF website, June 26, 2012
- Vale Daniel Batman , obituary by David Tarbotton & Ron Bendall on the Athletics New South Wales website
- Daniel Batman in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Daniel Batman Obituary . In: The Syracuse Post Standard. 2012
- ^ A b Olympian Daniel Batman killed in car crash . In: ABC News . June 26, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Batman, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne , Victoria |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 2012 |
| Place of death | near Darwin , Northern Territory |