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Daniel Greaves (athlete)

Dan Greaves
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Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens F44/46 discus throw
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney F44/46 discus throw
Silver medal – second place 2012 London F44 discus throw
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing F44 discus throw
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro F44 discus throw
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lille F44 discus throw
Gold medal – first place 2006 Assen F44 discus throw
Gold medal – first place 2011 Christchurch F44 discus throw
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lyon F44 discus throw
IPC European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Assen
Gold medal – first place 2005 Espoo
Gold medal – first place 2014 Swansea Discus - F44
Gold medal – first place 2016 Grosseto Discus - F44-46
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Discus – F42/44

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

Greaves was born in Anstey, Leicestershire in 1982.

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. He had previously won silver at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney.

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, 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.



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