Dean Barton-Smith

Australian decathlete

Dean Bryan Barton-Smith, AM (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian former decathlete who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1] He also won medals at the Deaflympics in 1989, 1993 and 2005.^[2] Barton-Smith is most noted for his work and advocacy with the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, Deaf Sports Australia and the Deaflympics.^[3] Smith also holds world record in Decathlon and also represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games in 1990 and 1994.

He is the former CEO of Deaf Children Australia.^[4] In 2013, Barton-Smith was appointed^{[clarification needed]} with the Order of Australia.^[5]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dean Barton-Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
^ "Athletes | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
^ "Dean Barton-Smith wins rare Edwin Flack Award". 1998. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014.
^ "DCA Announces Roz Keenan As CEO For Coming 12 Months". 19 October 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ McGrath, Tara (25 January 2013). "Australia Day honours: Dean Barton-Smith proved 'em wrong". Knox Weekly. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

External links

Dean Smith at World Athletics
Dean Smith at Olympedia
Dean Bryan Smith at Olympics.com
Dean Bryan Smith at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
Dean Bryan Smith at Commonwealth Games Australia
Dean Barton-Smith at the Australian Olympic Committee
Dean Barton-Smith at Deaflympics
Dean Barton-Smith at Australian Federation of Disability Organisations at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 January 2014)