Daniel Batman

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.

Daniel Batman

Personal information
Born	20 March 1981 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	26 June 2012(2012-06-26) (aged 31) Marrakai, Northern Territory, Australia
Education	Cranbrook School, Sydney The Scots College
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

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.

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]