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 2007 Algiers Men's doubles 2011 Maputo Mixed team 2007 Algiers Mixed team 2007 Algiers Mixed doubles African Championships 2007 Rose Hill Men's doubles 2006 Algiers Men's doubles 2006 Algiers Mixed team 2010 Kampala Mixed doubles 2007 Rose Hill Mixed team Africa Team Championships 2008 Rose Hill Men's team 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

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

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
2006	Algiers, Algeria	Chris Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen		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

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	South Africa International	Daniel Paiola	21–23, 21–18, 18–21	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	Winner
2008	South Africa International	Chris Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2007	South Africa International	Chris Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Mauritius International	Chris Dednam	Jochen Cassel Thomas Tesche	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2006	Mauritius International	Chris Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	13–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2005	South Africa International	Chris Dednam	Ibrahim Adamu Greg Okuonghae	7–15, 15–3, 15–10	Winner
2005	Kenya International	Chris Dednam	Jan Fröhlich Jan Vondra	11–15, 4–15	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

External links

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