Suzy Batkovic (born 17 December 1980) is an Australian professional basketball player and politician.
In the United States, she has played for the Seattle Storm after having been selected as a first round draft pick in 2003.
After retiring from professional basketball, Batkovic was elected as a Townsville City Councillor in 2020.
[4][7] She played for Valenciennes again during the 2003/2004 season, the year the team won the EuroLeague Championship.
[3][21] In an October 2011 game against the Australian Institute of Sport, she scored 22 points in a 97-47 win for Adelaide.
[2] Batkovic played in her first international for Australia in 1999 and has over 110 caps for the Australian senior team.
[4][25] As a member of the 2001 team, she earned a gold medal at the FIBA Oceania Women's Championship.
[4] Batkovic was a member of the 2002 Australian Senior Women's Team that won a bronze medal in the World Championships in Spain.
[4][25] In 2003, she was a member of the Australian Women's Senior Team that competed in the Oceania Championship Series.
[4][27][28] She was injured in 2006, which prevented her from making the national squad that competed at the World Championships in Brazil.
In the second game, which Australia won 92-73 in Sydney, she scored 19 points overall, 11 coming in the first half.
[33] In February 2012, she was named to a short list of 24 eligible players to represent Australia at the Olympics.
[3] In late April and early May 2012, she was one of four Australian "big" players to participate in a special training camp for the team.
[34] She participated in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.
[11] She was a member of the Australian senior team that won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
[36] In 2008, she participated in the Good Luck Beijing 2008 held in China in the lead up to the Olympics.
[39] She played in the 2012 Summer Olympic qualifying game against the New Zealand women's national basketball team.