sport.wikisort.org - AthleteKim 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.
American hurdler
Kim Batten
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Born | March 29, 1969 (1969-03-29) (age 53) McRae, Georgia, U.S. |
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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.
Records
- 1991 US Outdoor Champion
- 1994 US Outdoor Champion
- 1995 US Outdoor Champion
- 1995 World Champion at Gothenburg, Sweden
- 1996 Olympic silver medal at Atlanta, Georgia
- 1996 US Outdoor Champion
- 1997 US Outdoor Champion
- 1997 World bronze medal at Athens, Greece
- 1998 World Cup bronze medal
- 1998 US Outdoor Champion
References
Awards |
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Women's Track & Field ESPY Award 1996 |
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Sporting positions |
Preceded by |
Women's 400 m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1995 |
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Preceded by |
Women's 400 m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1997 — 1998 |
Succeeded by Daimí Pernía |
World Athletics Championships champions in women's 400 metres hurdles |
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Pan American Champions in women's 400 metres hurdles |
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US National Championship winners in women's 400-meter hurdles |
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1969–1979 Amateur Athletic Union |
- 1969–1972 (200m): Pat Hawkins
- 1973: Gale Fitzgerald
- 1974: Andrea Bruce
- 1975: Debbie Esser
- 1976: Arthurene Gainer
- 1977: Mary Ayers
- 1978: Debbie Esser
- 1979: Edna Brown
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1993–present USA Track & Field | |
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Notes |
- OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Distance:The event was competed at 200 meters during 1969–1972
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1996 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Qualification | 1996 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) | |
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Men's track and road athletes | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track and road athletes | |
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Women's field athletes |
- Amy Acuff
- Valeyta Althouse
- Lacy Barnes-Mileham
- Kelly Blair
- Nicole Carroll
- Sharon Hanson
- Aretha Hill
- Sheila Hudson
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- Diana Orrange
- Ramona Pagel
- Suzy Powell
- Connie Price-Smith
- Cynthea Rhodes
- Connie Teaberry
- Marieke Veltman
- Tisha Waller
- Erica Wheeler
- Shana Williams
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Coaches | — |
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2000 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Qualification |
- 2000 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
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Men's track and road athletes | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track and road athletes | |
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Women's field athletes |
- Amy Acuff
- Erin Aldrich
- Lynda Blutreich
- Dawn Burrell
- Shelia Burrell
- Jesseca Cross
- Karol Rovelto
- Stacy Dragila
- Dawn Ellerbe
- Nicole Gamble
- Marion Jones
- Kris Kuehl
- Melissa Mueller
- DeDee Nathan
- Amy Palmer
- Suzy Powell-Roos
- Connie Price-Smith
- Seilala Sua
- Kellie Suttle
- Teri Steer
- Shana Williams
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Coaches |
- John Chaplin (men's head coach)
- Dick Booth (men's assistant coach)
- Dixon Farmer (men's assistant coach)
- Rob Johnson (men's assistant coach)
- John Moon (men's assistant coach)
- Jerry Quiller (men's assistant coach)
- Jay Silvester (men's assistant coach)
- Bubba Thornton (men's assistant coach)
- Karen Dennis (women's head coach)
- Sandy Fowler (women's assistant coach)
- Ernest Gregoire (women's assistant coach)
- Judy Harrison (women's assistant coach)
- Rita Somerlot (women's assistant coach)
- LaVerne Sweat (women's assistant coach)
- Mark Young (women's assistant coach)
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Authority control  | |
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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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