| Place Of Birth | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Residence | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Recent Results | Telstra FINA World Cup (Sydney, Australia, Nov-2005)
8th in the 200m Backstroke (2:00.36)
11th in the 50m breaststroke (28.68)
6th in the 100m IM (56.05)
1st in the 200m IM (1:56.84)
1st in the 400m IM (4:08.00)
FINA World Championships (Montreal, July-2005)
53rd in the 200m Freestyle (1:54.66)
49th in the 100m breaststroke (1:04.27)
8th in the 200m IM (2:01.81)
13th in the 400m IM (4:21.04) |
Commonwealth
Games History | Manchester 2002
did not start in the 200m Butterfly
5th in the 200m IM (2:02.99)
4th in the 400m IM (4:19.84) |
Olympic
Games History | Athens 2004
14th in the 200m IM (2:01.94)
13th in the 400m IM (4:18.55)
Sydney 2000
23rd in the 200m IM (2:04.07)
16th in the 400m IM (4:21.81) |
| Injuries | Health problems in Manchester curtailed his 2002 Commonwealth Games opportunities. Dean also claims a hip injury prevented him from swimming at his best in the 2005 Commonwealth Games Trials, and that he has previously suffered from swimmer's shoulder. |
| Other | World Ranking:
14th in the 200m IM (as at 01-Aug-2005)
22nd in the 400m IM (as at 01-Aug-2005)
Dean trains at the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health in Auckland and has been in a competitive squad since he was about eight years old.
Dean has won eight consecutive National Championships in the 100m, 200m and 400m medley events and has also added the 100m breaststroke title.
At the Jomner North Harbour Sporting Excellence Awards in 2005, Dean picked up the Spencer On Byron Hotel Sportsman of the Year award. |