Chris Dednam

Christoffel Cornelius Dednam (born 8 August 1983) is a badminton player from South Africa. Dednam was the gold medallists at the 2003 All-Africa Games in the mixed doubles event, and in 2007 in the men's doubles event. He competed at the 2004, 2008 Olympic Games, and at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Dednam played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand. He also competed in mixed doubles with partner Antoinette Uys. They lost to Tsai Chia-Hsin and Cheng Wen-Hsing of Chinese Taipei in the round of 32. At the 2008 Olympics, he played in the men's doubles event with his brother Roelof Dednam, but the duo was defeated by Howard Bach and Khan Bob Malaythong of United States in the first round.

Achievements

All-Africa Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Salle OMS El Biar,Algiers, Algeria Roelof Dednam Dorian James Willem Viljoen 21–10, 21–15 Gold Gold2003 Indoor Sports Halls National Stadium,Abuja, Nigeria Johan Kleingeld Greg Okuonghae Ibrahim Adamu Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2003 Indoor Sports Halls National Stadium,Abuja, Nigeria Antoinette Uys Stewart Carson Michelle Edwards Gold Gold

African Championships Men's singles

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series Men's singles

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament