Daniel Batman
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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.
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
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]
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