Dean Galt (born 13 February 1971) is a retired male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

Career

Galt competed in

badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's do ...

in men's singles. He lost in the first round to

Chris Jogis Hendrik Christopher Jogis (Estonian: Chris Jõgis; born 24 May 1965 in Palo Alto, California) is a retired male badminton player from the United States. Career Between 1985 and 1992 Jogis won the U.S. men's singles title six times, and shared ...

, of the United States, 15–1, 15–3. He represented New Zealand in the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

, and the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

where he was one of the men's team that won a bronze.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

''Men's doubles''

IBF International

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

References

External links

Profile at NZOC website
1971 births Living people New Zealand male badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for New Zealand Badminton players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Invercargill {{NewZealand-badminton-bio-stub