Suzy Batkovic
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17 December 1980 Newcastle, New South Wales |
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 197 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| WNBA draft | 2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 22nd overall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Seattle Storm | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2003–present | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1996–1999 | Australian Institute of Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Sydney Uni Flames | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Townsville Fire | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Sydney Uni Flames | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Canberra Capitals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Adelaide Lightning | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–present | Townsville Fire | ||||||||||||||||||
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Suzy Batkovic-Brown (née Batković) (born 17 December 1980 in Lambton, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian women's basketball player. Suzy played her junior basketball with the Port Hunter Basketball Club in Newcastle. She has played basketball for several European clubs including the French Valenciennes, the Spanish side Ros Casares, the Russian side UMMC Ekaterinburg, and Italian side Cras Basket. In the United States, she has played for the Seattle Storm after having been selected as a first round draft pick in 2003. She has played professional basketball domestically for the Australian Institute of Sport in 1996–1999, the Sydney Uni Flames from 1999–2001, and 2009–2010, the Townsville Fire in 2001–2002, the Canberra Capitals in 2010–2011, and the Adelaide Lightning in 2011–2013; she will return to the Fire for the 2013–14 season. She has been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team, being named to the team for the first time in 1999. She won a silver medal with the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Batkovic was born on 17 December 1980 in Newcastle, New South Wales. She is 192 centimetres (76 in) tall. Her wedding was at the beach and around 100 total guests who attended, including Lauren Jackson.
Batkovic is a forward and center. She has played professional basketball for over ten years. She has won several basketball honours, including being named the 2001 Maher Medal International Player of the Year and the she co-won the 2008 co-winner for the Maher Medal International Player of the Year.
Batkovic has played basketball for several European clubs including the she played for the French side, Valenciennes in 2002/2003. That season, they won the French championships and finished at the top of the French League ladder. She played for Valenciennes again during the 2003/2004 season, the year the team won the EuroLeague Championship. For the 2004/2005, she played with the Spanish side Ros Casares. She was with a new side for the 2005/2006 season when she played for the Russian side UMMC Ekaterinburg. That season, she was named to the EuroLeague World All-Star team. In 2007/2008, she again played for Ekaterinburg, Russia. In 2008/2009, she played for the Italian side Cras Basket. She averaged 17.4 points and 7.0 rebounds per game for the season. Her team won the Italian Serie A championship. She earned being named first-team All-EuroCup while with the team.
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