Dan Greaves (discus thrower)
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Daniel Greaves (born 4 October 1982) is a British athlete who specialises in the discus throw.
Career
Greaves was born in Anstey, Leicestershire in 1982.[1]
Greaves won the gold medal in the F44/46 category discus throw at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, establishing a new world record with a throw of 55.12m.[2] He had previously won silver at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney.[3]
Despite being born with a deformity of the feet, Greaves was selected to join the British able-bodied team in a competition against the United States in 2001.[3]
Greaves competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing,[4] winning a bronze medal in the F44 discus throw.
He broke the world record again at the pre-IPC World Athletics Championships in New Zealand in January 2011, throwing 59.98m on his fourth throw.[5][6]
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio, Brazil, he won the bronze medal in the F44 Discus Throw.[7]
He won Bronze at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. In doing so he became the first British track and field athlete to win medals at six consecutive Paralympic Games.[8][9]
At the 2021 para-athletics European championships, Dan won the silver medal in the F64 Discus Throw.
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Dan came 4th in the F42/44 Discus Throw.[10]
At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, Dan won a bronze medal in the F44 Discus Throw.[11]
Dan was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, aiming for his 7th Paralympic medal.[12][13] He came 6th in the F64 Discus throw.[14]
References
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- ↑ "British team for Athens 2004 Template:Webarchive", paralympics.org.uk, retrieved 2011-03-05
- ↑ "Greaves takes discus crown", BBC, 20 September 2004
- ↑ a b "Unique double for Daniel Greaves", uksport.gov.uk, 17 August 2008
- ↑ "ParalympicsGB receive athletics nominations for the Beijing 2008 Paralympics" Template:Webarchive, British Paralympics Association, June 2008
- ↑ "'Discus' Dan is a World Record Man", Anstey Clarion, February 2011, p. 1
- ↑ "IPC WORLDS: Greaves justifies his pre-event billing to take discus gold in New Zealand Template:Webarchive", morethangames.co.uk, 26 January 2011, retrieved 2011-03-05
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