| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| World Championship | ||||
| 13 | Men | 2010 | Turkey | |
| European Championships | ||||
| 2 | Men | 2011 | Lithuania | |
| 5 | Men | 2009 | Poland | |
Nickname
Nico, Nic and Batman. (thebatumconnection.net, 01 Jan 2012)
Hobbies
Following American sports. (sportetstyle.fr, 2012)
Occupation
Athlete
Language(s) spoken
English, French
Club name
Portland Trail Blazers, Portland, OR, USA
Coach
Vincent Collet [national], Kaleb Canales [club] (FIBA, 06 Jan 2012; nba.com, 2012)
Position and style
Forward (espn.go.com, 15 Apr 2012)
Other sports
His late father Richard was a professional basketball player in France. (batumama.com, 2012)
Injuries
A knee injury troubled him in early 2012. In April 2012 he said he had been playing on it for two months, and that it wasn't healing properly, resulting in his club not wanting him to play back-to-back matches. (sports.yahoo.com, 05 Feb 2012; basketusa.com, 17 Apr 2012)
He had shoulder surgery before the 2009-10 NBA season. (espn.go.com, 15 Apr 2012)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He began playing basketball at the Pont l'Eveque club [USPLB] in France in 1993. (ouest-france.fr, 2009)
Reason for taking up this sport
"Playing in the NBA has been a dream of mine since I was a little boy, but at age 16-17 it became a definite objective." (sportstyle.fr, 2012)
Hero
Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan. (sportetstyle.fr, 2012)
Awards
While at the Portland Trail Blazers he set a new club record for 3-pointers scored in a game when he hit nine on his way to a career-high 33 points against the Denver Nuggets in February 2012. (http://articles.boston.com, 05 Feb 2012)
Named Best Small Forward in the U18 Tournament of Douai in 2007. (batumama.com, 2012)
Highest point scorer [23] and MVP at the Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis in 2007. (batumama.com, 2012)
Named Player of the Month [March] for Mars in the French Pro A league in 2007. (batumama.com, 2012)
Named MVP at the U18 European Championship in 2006. (batumama.com, 2012)
General
FAMILY CHARITY FOUNDATION
The MAMA Foundation was created in memory of his late father, Richard Batum, a former professional basketball player in France. The foundation's president and vice-president are his mother Sylvie and sister Pauline, and its goal is to help young African mothers. (batumama.com, 2012)
PERSONAL LOSS
His father Richard died during a basketball match from a ruptured aneurysm while Nicolas was a young boy. (turkey2010.fiba.com, 2010)
