Dan Greaves (discus thrower)

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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."[http://www.paralympics.org.uk/show_news.asp?itemid=1259&itemTitle=British+team+for+Athens+2004§ion=000100010006§ionTitle=News British team for Athens 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927041727/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/show_news.asp?itemid=1259&itemTitle=British+team+for+Athens+2004§ion=000100010006§ionTitle=News |date=2011-09-27 }}", paralympics.org.uk, retrieved 2011-03-05

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.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3674290.stm "Greaves takes discus crown"], BBC, 20 September 2004 He had previously won silver at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney.[http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/536/ "Unique double for Daniel Greaves"], uksport.gov.uk, 17 August 2008

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,[http://www.paralympics.org.uk/show_news.asp?itemid=2192&itemTitle=ParalympicsGB+receive+athletics+nominations+for+the+Beijing+2008+Paralympics§ion=000100010006§ionTitle=News "ParalympicsGB receive athletics nominations for the Beijing 2008 Paralympics"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609154831/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/show_news.asp?itemid=2192&itemTitle=ParalympicsGB+receive+athletics+nominations+for+the+Beijing+2008+Paralympics§ion=000100010006§ionTitle=News |date=June 9, 2011 }}, British Paralympics Association, June 2008 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."'Discus' Dan is a World Record Man", Anstey Clarion, February 2011, p. 1"[http://www.morethanthegames.co.uk/athletics/2613710-ipc-worlds-greaves-justifies-his-pre-event-billing-take-discus-gold-new-zealand IPC WORLDS: Greaves justifies his pre-event billing to take discus gold in New Zealand] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128071106/http://www.morethanthegames.co.uk/athletics/2613710-ipc-worlds-greaves-justifies-his-pre-event-billing-take-discus-gold-new-zealand |date=2011-01-28 }}", morethangames.co.uk, 26 January 2011, retrieved 2011-03-05

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio, Brazil, he won the bronze medal in the F44 Discus Throw.{{Cite web |last=Moody |first=Graham |date=2016-09-04 |title=Going for gold: David Weir leads 13 south west London athletes heading to the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games {{!}} SWLondoner |url=https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/sport/05092016-going-gold-david-weir-leads-13-south-west-london-athletes-heading-2016-rio-paralympic-games |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=South West Londoner |language=en-GB}}

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.{{Cite web |title=ParalympicsGB {{!}} 32 athletes added to paralympicsgb athletics team for tokyo 2020 |url=https://paralympics.org.uk/articles/32-athletes-added-to-paralympicsgb-athletics-team-for-tokyo |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=ParalympicsGB |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-09-02 |title=Alumnus Greaves makes history with sixth successive Paralympic medal |url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2021/september/greaves-makes-history/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Loughborough University |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=Team England Para Athletes named for Birmingham 2022 |url=https://www.englandathletics.org/news/team-england-para-athletes-named-for-birmingham-2022/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=England Athletics |language=en-GB}}

At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, Dan won a bronze medal in the F44 Discus Throw.{{Cite web |title=DAN GREAVES AND SAMMI KINGHORN TO CAPTAIN GB & NI AT WORLD PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS |url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/dan-greaves-and-sammi-kinghorn-to-captain-gb-ni-at-world-para-athletics-championships/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=British Athletics |language=en-GB}}

Dan was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, aiming for his 7th Paralympic medal.{{Cite web |last=Crumley |first=Euan |date=2024-08-29 |title=Dan Greaves goes for Paralympic medal No.7 in Paris |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/interviews/dan-greaves-goes-for-paralympic-medal-no-7-in-paris-1039991810/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=AW |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-25 |title=Paris 2024: GB's David Weir & Dan Greaves selected to compete in seventh Paralympics |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c4ng4nwkk3eo.amp |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-gb}} He came 6th in the F64 Discus throw.{{Cite web |last=Live |first=Leicestershire |date=2024-09-07 |title=Tearful Dan Greaves reflects on Paralympic journey |url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/other-sport/tearful-dan-greaves-reflects-paralympic-9536486 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Leicestershire Live |language=en}}