Dean Butler
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2002 Kuala LumpurTeam
Silver medal – second place2006 MönchengladbachTeam
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2005 ChennaiTeam
Silver medal – second place2001 RotterdamTeam
Silver medal – second place2003 AmstelveenTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 Kuala LumpurTeam
Bronze medal – third place1998 LahoreTeam
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2002 ManchesterTeam
Gold medal – first place2006 MelbourneTeam

Dean Butler OAM (born 26 January 1977 in Warwick, Queensland) is a field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the gold 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 Men's Hockey World Cup. In 2001 he was named Player of the Year in Queensland.

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