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| Born | March 29, 1969 (1969-03-29) (age 55) McRae, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
She played basketball at East High SchoolinRochester, 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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| Preceded by | Women's Track & Field ESPY Award 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Women's 400 m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1995 1997 — 1998 |
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 Yekaterina Fesenko (URS) Sabine Busch (GDR) Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) Sally Gunnell (GBR) Kim Batten (USA) Nezha Bidouane (MAR) Daimí Pernía (CUB) Nezha Bidouane (MAR) Jana Pittman (AUS) Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) Jana Rawlinson (AUS) Melaine Walker (JAM) Lashinda Demus (USA) Zuzana Hejnová (CZE) Zuzana Hejnová (CZE) Kori Carter (USA) Dalilah Muhammad (USA) Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) Femke Bol (NED) |
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 Judi Brown (USA) Lency Montelier (CUB) Kim Batten (USA) Daimí Pernía (CUB) Joanna Hayes (USA) Sheena Johnson (USA) Princesa Oliveros (COL) Shamier Little (USA) Sage Watson (CAN) Gianna Woodruff (PAN) |
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US National Championship winners in women's 400-meter hurdles
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| 1969–1979 Amateur Athletic Union |
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| 1980–1992 The Athletics Congress |
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| 1993–present USA Track & Field |
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