Chris Dednam


Christoffel Cornelius Dednam 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
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Salle OMS El Biar,
Algiers, Algeria

African Championships

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2007Stadium Badminton Rose Hill, Rose Hill, Mauritiusflagicon|

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2001South Africa Internationalsilver2