Claire Harvey (born ) is a British Paralympic sportsperson. She began as a

sitting volleyball Sitting volleyball is a form of volleyball for athletes with a disability. As opposed to standing volleyball, sitting volleyball players must have at least one buttock in contact with the floor during the game. History Sitting volleyball was inve ...

player, before switching to

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athletics where she competes in F55 classification throwing events.

Sitting volleyball career

Harvey was part of the Great Britain women's national sitting volleyball team and is now a track and field athlete for Great Britain. She competed at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

where the team finished last. On club level she played for London Lynx in 2012.

Athletics career

In 2015 Harvey switched sports to compete in track and field athletics. She competed at the

2015 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. The event was the 7th edition of what is now known as the World Para ...

in Doha where she came fourth in the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

and eighth in the

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

. Although Harvey qualified in the discus for the Great Britain team for the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

in Rio, she was forced to withdraw from the team due to injury.

References

1974 births Living people Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic athletes of Great Britain British sportswomen Paralympic volleyball players of Great Britain Women's sitting volleyball players British female discus throwers {{Sittingvolleyball-bio-stub

Sitting volleyball career

Athletics career

See also

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