Dan Greaves (discus thrower)

British Paralympic athlete

Dan Greaves
Greaves in 2012

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

Daniel Greaves (born 4 October 1982) is a British athlete who specialises in the discus throw.

## Career

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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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1. ^ "British team for Athens 2004 Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine", paralympics.org.uk, retrieved 2011-03-05
2. ^ "Greaves takes discus crown", BBC, 20 September 2004
3. ^ a b "Unique double for Daniel Greaves", uksport.gov.uk, 17 August 2008
4. ^ "ParalympicsGB receive athletics nominations for the Beijing 2008 Paralympics" Archived June 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, British Paralympics Association, June 2008
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 Archived 2011-01-28 at the Wayback Machine", morethangames.co.uk, 26 January 2011, retrieved 2011-03-05
7. ^ Moody, Graham (4 September 2016). "Going for gold: David Weir leads 13 south west London athletes heading to the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games | SWLondoner". South West Londoner. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
8. ^ "ParalympicsGB | 32 athletes added to paralympicsgb athletics team for tokyo 2020". ParalympicsGB. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
9. ^ "Alumnus Greaves makes history with sixth successive Paralympic medal". Loughborough University. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
10. ^ "Team England Para Athletes named for Birmingham 2022". England Athletics. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
11. ^ "DAN GREAVES AND SAMMI KINGHORN TO CAPTAIN GB & NI AT WORLD PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
12. ^ Crumley, Euan (29 August 2024). "Dan Greaves goes for Paralympic medal No.7 in Paris". AW. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
13. ^ "Paris 2024: GB's David Weir & Dan Greaves selected to compete in seventh Paralympics". BBC Sport. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
14. ^ Live, Leicestershire (7 September 2024). "Tearful Dan Greaves reflects on Paralympic journey". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

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