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Kim Batten (born March 29, 1969, in McRae, Georgia) is an American former 400 meter hurdles champion. She was the 1995 world record holder in the women's 400-meter hurdles.

Kim Batten
Personal information
BornMarch 29, 1969 (1969-03-29) (age 53)
McRae, Georgia, U.S.
Medal record
Women's athletics (track and field)
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta400m hurdles
World Championships
1995 Gothenburg400 m hurdles
1997 Athens4x400 m relay
1997 Athens400 m hurdles
Pan American Games
1995 Mar del Plata 400 m hurdles

She played basketball at East High School in Rochester, New York.[1] Batten graduated from the Florida State University in 1991, the same year she won her first national championship – the U.S. National Championships, the first of six national championships (1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998).

Batten is 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m) tall.

Batten's finest year came in 1995, when she won Gold in the World Athletics Championships breaking the World Record for the 400m Hurdles in a time of 52.61 seconds. Batten also came first in the Pan American Games and first in the national indoor championships.

In 1996 she won silver in the 1996 Olympic Games and in 1997 won bronze in the World Athletics Championships. She was also a member of the 2000 US Olympic track team.

In 1999 an injury to a nerve in her foot caused her to miss most of the season. Batten retired at the end of the 2001 season.

Batten currently resides at Atlanta, GA. She was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2012.


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Awards
Preceded by Women's Track & Field ESPY Award
1996
Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by Women's 400 m Hurdles Best Year Performance
1995
Succeeded by
Preceded by Women's 400 m Hurdles Best Year Performance
1997 — 1998
Succeeded by
Daimí Pernía

На других языках


- [en] Kim Batten

[fr] Kim Batten

Kimberley J. « Kim » Batten, née le 29 mars 1969 à McRae en Géorgie, est une athlète américaine, spécialiste du 400 m haies. Championne du monde en 1995, et vice-championne olympique en 1996, elle détient le record du monde de la spécialité de 1995 à 2003.

[it] Kim Batten

Jane Kimberley Batten, detta Kim (McRae, 29 marzo 1969), è un'ex ostacolista statunitense, specializzata nei 400 metri ostacoli, disciplina di cui è stata campionessa mondiale a Göteborg 1995 e detentrice del record mondiale dal 1995 al 2003.



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