| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Dean Machine[1][2] |
| Born | 12 December 1977 Rochford, Essex, England |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Sport | |
| Event | Decathlon |
| Club | Harrow |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 8603 points |
Medal record | |
Dean Macey (born 12 December 1977) is an English athlete from Canvey Island. He is best known for competing in the decathlon, which he did from 1995 to 2008, winning the Commonwealth Games decathlon, two World Championship medals, as well as twice finishing fourth in the Olympic Games. Retiring from decathlon due to injury, he competed in the bobsleigh between 2008 and 2010.
A popular media figure during and after his athletics career, he is a keen angler and has presented an angling television series "On Coarse" for the Discovery Channel,[3] and "Fishing Allstars" on ITV4. He has also set a record time (0:56) on the Total Wipeout Qualifier. After his athletics and bobsleigh careers being a keen Angler he went on to make a series of fishing videos on YouTube and was sponsored by Guru
- ^ Carter, Jo (29 July 2010). "Athletics - Where Are They Now? The ten talents of Dean Macey". ESPN (UK). Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "IAAF World Indoor Athletics 2012 Istanbul - Dean Macey". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ On Coarse Retrieved 21 September 2015