What is Daniel Batman?
'''Daniel Batman''' (20 March 1981 – 26 June 2012) was an [[Australia]]n [[sprint]]er. He competed at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]]. He was the Australian national men's 200 metres champion in 2005 and 2008. His best international achievement was a sixth place finish at the 2003 World Indoor Championships. Batman was born in [[Melbourne, Victoria]]. He claimed to be a [[descendant]] of [[John Batman]], the founder of Melbourne. He married fellow Australian Olympian [[Nova Peris]] in 2002. The couple had two children, and split in 2010. His third child was born in 2011. On 26 June 2012, Batman was killed in a car crash in [[Marrakai]], southeast of [[Darwin, Northern Territory]]. He was 31.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/athlete-batman-killed-in-car-rollover-20120626-210dq.html|title=Athlete Batman killed in car rollover|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=26 June 2012|access-date=6 April 2020|author=Williams, Jacqueline}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/aussie-sprinter-batman-killed-in-car-crash|title=Aussie sprinter Batman killed in car crash|work=SBS News|date=26 June 2012|access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101130145726/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/daniel-batman-1.html Daniel Batman] at Sports-Reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Batman, Daniel}} [[Category:1981 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:2000 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Accidental deaths in Australia]] [[Category:Australian sprinters]] [[Category:Olympians for Australia]] [[Category:Road accident deaths]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Melbourne]] {{sports-bio-stub}}