Suzy Batkovic

Suzy Batkovic
Suzy Batkovic
Councillor of the City of Townsville ; for Division 6
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 March 2020
Preceded by	Verena Coombe
Personal details
Born	Suzy Batkovic; 17 December 1980; Newcastle, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Team Jelly Hill
	Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft	2003: 2nd round, 22nd overall pick
	Selected by the Seattle Storm
Playing career	2003–2019
Position	Center
Number	8
Career history
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
2013–2019	Townsville Fire
Career highlights and awards
	5x WNBL champion (1999, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2018); 6x WNBL Most Valuable Player (2012–2014, 2016-2018); 7x WNBL All-Star Five (2010, 2012–2014, 2016-2018); 4x WNBL Top Shooter (2010, 2012, 2013, 2016);
	Stats at WNBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Women's Basketball
Representing Australia
Olympic Games

Suzy Batkovic (born 17 December 1980) is an Australian professional basketball player and politician. 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 returned to the Fire for the 2013–14 season.^[2] 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.

After retiring from professional basketball, Batkovic was elected as a Townsville City Councillor in 2020.

^ "Suzy Batkovic". Official Site of the 2012 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
^ "Opal Batkovic Signs With Townsville" (Press release). Women's National Basketball League. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

[1] "Suzy Batkovic". Official Site of the 2012 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[Return_to_Townsville-2] "Opal Batkovic Signs With Townsville" (Press release). Women's National Basketball League. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

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