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Chris Dednam
Chris Dednam
Personal information
Full name	Christoffel Cornelius Dednam
Country	South Africa
Born	8 August 1983 (age 40); Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	327 (MS 22 October 2009); 130 (MD 15 October 2010; 144 (XD 15 October 2009)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing South Africa
All-Africa Games
African Championships
Africa Team Championships
	BWF profile

Chris Dednam

South African badminton player (born 1983)

Christoffel Cornelius Dednam (born 8 August 1983) is a badminton player from South Africa.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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"Chris Dednam's Athletes Profile". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2009.

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"New coach Dednam on badminton's way forward". Team SA. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

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"Chris Dednam Biography and Olympic Record". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2009.

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Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Salle OMS El Biar, Algiers, Algeria	Roelof Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	21–10, 21–15	Gold
2003	Indoor Sports Halls National Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria	Johan Kleingeld	Greg Okuonghae Ibrahim Adamu		Bronze

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Stadium Badminton Rose Hill, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Eli Mambwe	18–21, 23–21, 22–24	Bronze
2006	Algiers, Algeria			Bronze
2004	National Badminton Centre, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Olivier Fossy	12–15, 12–15	Bronze

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Arat Kilo Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Enrico James	Jinkan Bulus Ola Fagbemi	8–21, 19–21	Bronze
2009	Moi International Sports Complex, Nairobi, Kenya	Dorian James	Jinkan Bulus Ola Fagbemi	13–21, 14–21	Silver
2007	Stadium Badminton Rose Hill, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Roelof Dednam	Georgie Cupidon Steve Malcouzane	21–17, 21–16	Gold
2006	Algiers, Algeria	Roelof Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen		Gold
2004	National Badminton Centre, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Johan Kleingeld	Dotun Akinsanya Abimbola Odejoke	15–2, 15–6	Gold
2002	Casablanca, Morocco	Johan Kleingeld	Stephan Beeharry Denis Constantin		Silver

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Stadium Badminton Rose Hill, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Michelle Edwards	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	16–21, 21–11, 15–21	Silver
2002	Casablanca, Morocco	Antoinette Uys	Johan Kleingeld Chantal Botts		Gold

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	South Africa International	Enrico James	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2010	South Africa International	Roelof Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2009	Kenya International	Dorian James	Jinkan Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2008	South Africa International	Roelof Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2007	South Africa International	Roelof Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Mauritius International	Roelof Dednam	Jochen Cassel Thomas Tesche	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2006	Mauritius International	Roelof Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	13–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2005	South Africa International	Roelof Dednam	Ibrahim Adamu Greg Okuonghae	7–15, 15–3, 15–10	Winner
2005	Kenya International	Roelof Dednam	Jan Fröhlich Jan Vondra	11–15, 4–15	Runner-up
2002	South Africa International	Johan Kleingeld	Stewart Carson Dorian James	7–7, 7–0, 7–5	Winner

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Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	South Africa International	Annari Viljoen	Enrico James Stacey Doubell	22–20, 11–21, 21–14	Winner
2010	South Africa International	Annari Viljoen	Dorian James Michelle Edwards	14–21, 21–10, 21–13	Winner
2009	Kenya International	Michelle Edwards	Dorian James Annari Viljoen	21–11, 21–13	Winner
2008	South Africa International	Michelle Edwards	Stephan Beeharry Shama Aboobakar	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2008	Mauritius International	Annari Viljoen	Dorian James Michelle Edwards	16–21, 21–15, 11–21	Runner-up
2007	South Africa International	Annari Viljoen	Willem Viljoen Jade Morgan	21–14, 12–21, 21–15	Winner
2007	Mauritius International	Michelle Edwards	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	21–9, 21–17	Winner
2002	South Africa International	Antoinette Uys	Dean Potgieter Chantal Botts	5–5, 7–1, 7–2	Winner