Dean Barton-Smith

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.

This article is about the Australian athlete. For other uses, see Dean Smith (disambiguation).

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

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Athletes | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. "Dean Barton-Smith wins rare Edwin Flack Award". 1998. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014.
  4. "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.
  5. 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.


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