Dan Greaves (discus thrower) explained

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.

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.

Notes and References

  1. "British team for Athens 2004 ", paralympics.org.uk, retrieved 2011-03-05
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3674290.stm "Greaves takes discus crown"
  3. http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/536/ "Unique double for Daniel Greaves"
  4. http://www.paralympics.org.uk/show_news.asp?itemid=2192&itemTitle=ParalympicsGB+receive+athletics+nominations+for+the+Beijing+2008+Paralympics&section=000100010006&sectionTitle=News "ParalympicsGB receive athletics nominations for the Beijing 2008 Paralympics"
  5. "'Discus' Dan is a World Record Man", Anstey Clarion, February 2011, p. 1
  6. "IPC WORLDS: Greaves justifies his pre-event billing to take discus gold in New Zealand ", morethangames.co.uk, 26 January 2011, retrieved 2011-03-05