Suzy Batkovic

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.

Townsville Fire captain Suzy Batkovic cutting down the game net following the club's WNBL Grand Final victory at Townsville RSL Stadium, 18 March 2016