Dean Butler (field hockey)
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| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Australia |
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| Men’s Field Hockey | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2004 Athens | Team | |
| Champions Trophy | |||
| Gold | 2005 Chennai | Team | |
| Silver | 2003 Amstelveen | Team | |
| Silver | 2007 Kuala Lumpur | Team | |
Dean Butler OAM (born January 26, 1977 in Warwick, Queensland) is a field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the golden medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
He is nicknamed Butts, and played club hockey for the Queensland Blades in his native country, with whom he won the national title in 2003. Butler was promoted to the senior squad following the 1998 Hockey World Cup and the electrician has continued to develop into a valuable member of the Kookaburras set-up. In 2001 he was named Player of the Year in Queensland.
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