Dan Greaves (discus thrower)
Daniel Greaves (born 4 October 1982) is a British athlete who specialises in the discus throw.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
| Representing Great Britain | ||
| Paralympic Games | ||
| 2004 Athens | Discus throw F44/46 | |
| 2000 Sydney | Discus throw F44/46 | |
| 2012 London | Discus throw F44 | |
| 2008 Beijing | Discus throw F44 | |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Discus throw F44 | |
| 2020 Tokyo | Discus throw F64 | |
| World Championship | ||
| 2002 Lille | Discus throw F44 | |
| 2006 Assen | Discus throw F44 | |
| 2011 Christchurch | Discus throw F44 | |
| 2013 Lyon | Discus throw F44 | |
| 2023 Paris | Discus throw F64 | |
| European Championships | ||
| 2003 Assen | ||
| 2005 Espoo | ||
| 2014 Swansea | Discus throw F44 | |
| 2016 Grosseto | Discus throw F44-46 | |
| Representing England | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| 2014 Glasgow | Discus throw F42/44 | |
Career edit
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]
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.
References edit
- ^ "British team for Athens 2004 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine", 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" June 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, 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 2011-01-28 at the Wayback Machine", morethangames.co.uk, 26 January 2011, retrieved 2011-03-05