Roelof Dednam

Roelof Dednam
Personal information
Birth name	Roelof Jakobus Dednam
Country	South Africa
Born	(1985-08-21) 21 August 1985 Bloemfontein, South Africa
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	340 (MS 1 April 2010) 157 (MD 29 October 2009) 185 (XD 26 August 2010)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing South Africa All-Africa Games Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers Men's doubles Silver medal – second place 2011 Maputo Mixed team Silver medal – second place 2007 Algiers Mixed team Bronze medal – third place 2007 Algiers Mixed doubles African Championships 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 Silver medal – second place 2010 Kampala Mixed doubles Silver medal – second place 2007 Rose Hill Mixed team Africa Team Championships Silver medal – second place 2008 Rose Hill Men's team Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kampala Men's team
BWF profile

Roelof Jakobus Dednam (born 21 August 1985) is a male badminton player from South Africa. Dednam played badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Chris Dednam, losing in the round of 16 to Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong of the United States.

Achievements

All Africa Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Salle OMS El Biar, Algiers, Algeria	Chris Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	21–10, 21–15	Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Salle OMS El Biar, Algiers, Algeria	Michelle Edwards	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	17–21, 21–19, 13–21	Bronze Bronze

African Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Stadium Badminton Rose Hill, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Chris Dednam	Georgie Cupidon Steve Malcouzane	21–17, 21–16	Gold Gold
2006	Algiers, Algeria	Chris Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen		Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Sharing Youth Center, Kampala, Uganda	Annari Viljoen	Dorian James Michelle Edwards	13–21, 14–21	Silver Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	South Africa International	Daniel Paiola	21–23, 21–18, 18–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	South Africa International	Chris Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	21–14, 21–18	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008	South Africa International	Chris Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	16–21, 17–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007	South Africa International	Chris Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	12–21, 18–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007	Mauritius International	Chris Dednam	Jochen Cassel Thomas Tesche	13–21, 14–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006	Mauritius International	Chris Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	13–21, 21–23	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005	South Africa International	Chris Dednam	Ibrahim Adamu Greg Okuonghae	7–15, 15–3, 15–10	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005	Kenya International	Chris Dednam	Jan Fröhlich Jan Vondra	11–15, 4–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

External links

• Roelof Dednam at Olympics.com
• Roelof Dednam at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)