Chris Dednam

Chris Dednam
Personal information
Full name	Christoffel Cornelius Dednam
Country	South Africa
Born	(1983-08-08) 8 August 1983 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 Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers Men's doubles Gold medal – first place 2003 Abuja Mixed doubles Gold medal – first place 2003 Abuja Mixed team Silver medal – second place 2007 Algiers Mixed team Bronze medal – third place 2003 Abuja Men's doubles African Championships Gold medal – first place 2009 Nairobi Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2007 Rose Hill Men's doubles Gold medal – first place 2006 Algiers Men's doubles Gold medal – first place 2006 Algiers Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2004 Rose Hill Men's doubles Gold medal – first place 2004 Rose Hill Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2002 Casablanca Mixed doubles Gold medal – first place 2002 Casablanca Mixed team Silver medal – second place 2009 Nairobi Men's doubles Silver medal – second place 2007 Rose Hill Mixed doubles Silver medal – second place 2007 Rose Hill Mixed team Silver medal – second place 2002 Casablanca Men's doubles Bronze medal – third place 2012 Addis Ababa Men's doubles Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rose Hill Men's singles Bronze medal – third place 2006 Algiers Men's singles Bronze medal – third place 2004 Rose Hill Men's singles Africa Team Championships Gold medal – first place 2012 Addis Ababa Men's team Gold medal – first place 2006 Rose Hill Men's team Silver medal – second place 2008 Rose Hill Men's team
BWF profile

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
2003	Indoor Sports Halls National Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria	Johan Kleingeld	Greg Okuonghae Ibrahim Adamu		Bronze

Mixed doubles

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

African Championships

Men's singles

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	File:Proposed flag of Réunion (VAR).svg Olivier Fossy	12–15, 12–15	Bronze

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	South Africa International	Denis Constantin	6–15, 4–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	South Africa International	Enrico James	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	19–21, 18–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010	South Africa International	Roelof Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	21–14, 21–18	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009	Kenya International	Dorian James	Jinkan Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi	21–14, 21–13	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008	South Africa International	Roelof Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	16–21, 17–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007	South Africa International	Roelof Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	12–21, 18–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007	Mauritius International	Roelof Dednam	Jochen Cassel Thomas Tesche	13–21, 14–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006	Mauritius International	Roelof Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	13–21, 21–23	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005	South Africa International	Roelof Dednam	Ibrahim Adamu Greg Okuonghae	7–15, 15–3, 15–10	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005	Kenya International	Roelof Dednam	Jan Fröhlich Jan Vondra	11–15, 4–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2002	South Africa International	Johan Kleingeld	Stewart Carson Dorian James	7–7, 7–0, 7–5	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

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

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

External links

• Chris Dednam at BWFBadminton.com
• Chris Dednam at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Chris Dednam at Olympics.com
• Chris Dednam at Olympic.org (archived)
• Christoffel Cornelius Dednam at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee profile page for Chris Dednam at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 November 2009)