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

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player from

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Career

Galt competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Chris Jogis, 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, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...

, and the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

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

Achievements

Oceania Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed 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 bronze medallists in badminton Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Invercargill {{NewZealand-badminton-bio-stub