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Suzy Batkovic 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. 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.

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Batkovic was born on 17 December 1980 in Newcastle, New South Wales. ==Basketball==
Basketball
Batkovic is a forward and center. She has won several basketball honours, including being named the 2001 Maher Medal International Player of the Year In 2008/2009, she played for the Italian side Cras Basket. and was 22nd pick overall. At that stage, coming back wasn't something I wanted to do in my life. Europe is what I focus on for eight months out of the year." She took a year off from WNBA basketball in 2008 because of an injury. She won a WNBL Championship with the team during the 1998/1999 season. She played for the Sydney Panthers in 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 seasons, winning WNBL Championship in 2000/2001. She played for the Townsville Fire in 2001/2002. She was the league's Top Shooter, averaging 24.6 points per game. In an October 2009 game against the Adelaide Lightning, she scored 29 points. In an October 2009 game against the AIS, she had 21 points, nine rebounds, five assists and three blocks. Her field goal percentage in the AIS game was 40%. She went 9 for 10 at the free throw line. She joined the Canberra Capitals for the 2010/2011 season, missing several games early in the season due to injury. In an October 2011 game against the Australian Institute of Sport, she scored 22 points in a 97-47 win for Adelaide. Her team lost to the Dandenong Rangers in the preliminary finals. At the end of that season, she became a free agent, and signed a contract to return to the Townsville Fire for the 2013–14 season. and continued to be on the team during 2000 and 2001. As a member of the 2001 team, she earned a gold medal at the FIBA Oceania Women's Championship. She was again with the team in 2005 and 2006. She was injured in 2006, which prevented her from making the national squad that competed at the World Championships in Brazil. She continued to be named to the squad during 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. She had 12 points and 9 points in the first game against China that Australia won 73-67. She played in September 2011 three game test series against New Zealand. She was a major factor in the Australian's first game win. In the second game, which Australia won 92-73 in Sydney, she scored 19 points overall, 11 coming in the first half. She won a gold medal at the 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship. In February 2012, she was named to a short list of 24 eligible players to represent Australia at the Olympics. She participated in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport. Olympics She has represented Australia at the Olympics. In 2008, she participated in the Good Luck Beijing 2008 held in China in the lead up to the Olympics. Her team was joined by national teams from United States, Cuba, Korea, New Zealand and China. In July 2011, she participated in the Olympic qualification competition. She had not played a game with the team prior to this dating back to the Beijing Olympics. She played in the 2012 Summer Olympic qualifying game against the New Zealand women's national basketball team. ==Career statistics==
Career statistics
WNBA Regular season Playoffs ==See also==
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