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