Daniel Batman


Daniel Batman was an Australian sprinter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was the Australian national men's 200-metres champion in 2005 and 2008. 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 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 in March 2002 but they separated in 2010. He had two children with Peris, Destiny and Jack. Batman had a child, Liberty, in late 2011 with partner Natalie Sainsbury. Batman died, aged 31, in a car crash at Marrakai, near Darwin, Northern Territory, on 26 June 2012.