Dan Pembroke Explained

Dan Pembroke
Birth Date:16 July 1991
Sport:Paralympic athletics
Event:Javelin throw
Nationality:British

Daniel Dean Pembroke (born 16 July 1991[1]) is a British athlete who specialises in the Javelin throw.

Career

As a junior athlete, he competed for Great Britain and Northern Ireland in three age-group championships. His highest placing was 11th in the javelin at the 2011 IAAF World U20 Championships in Moncton, Canada.An elbow injury ended his chances of qualifying for the Olympic Games in 2012, so he took a break from the sport until 2019.[2]

He was diagnosed with RP (Retinitis pigmentosa) when he was six and his eyesight became further impaired during his twenties.[3]

In 2021 he accepted a place on the British Paralympic World Class Programme (WCP).[4] He went on to win Gold in the T13 javelin throw at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. In doing so he threw a new Paralympic record of 69.52 meters with his third attempt.[5]

Pembroke was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to athletics.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete name - Dan PEMBROKE . . 2 September 2021.
  2. Web site: PEMBROKE Daniel. Olympics.com. 5 September 2021. 5 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210905104009/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1727822-pembroke-daniel.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: Herefordshire athlete targets world record after Paralympic gold. 2 September 2021 . . 5 September 2021.
  4. Web site: Pembroke joins British Athletics Paralympic World Class Programme . . 2 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Athletics - Final Results - Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - Men's T13 Javelin Throw . . 3 September 2021 . 2 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210902233119/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-men-s-javelin-throw-f13-fnl-000100-.htm . dead .
  6. Web site: New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame. 31 December 2021. BBC Sport.