Kim Batten (born March 29, 1969, in McRae, Georgia) is an

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former

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champion. She was the 1995 world record holder in the women's 400-meter hurdles. She played basketball at East High School in

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. Batten graduated from the Florida State University in 1991, the same year she won her first national championship – the

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National Championships, the first of six national championships (1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998). Batten is tall. Batten's finest year came in 1995, when she won Gold in the

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breaking the

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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

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and in 1997 won bronze in the

. 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

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. She was inducted into the

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in 2012.

Records

* 1991 US Outdoor Champion * 1994 US Outdoor Champion * 1995 US Outdoor Champion * 1995 World Champion at Gothenburg, Sweden * 1996 Olympic silver medal at

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* 1996 US Outdoor Champion * 1997 US Outdoor Champion * 1997 World bronze medal at

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* 1998 World Cup bronze medal * 1998 US Outdoor Champion

References

Kim Batten's athletic record
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Kim Batten's athletic statistics
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