Daniel Bramall (born 29 January 1985) is a British athlete who competes in T33 racing events. In 2015 Bramall finished in silver medal position in the T33 100m sprint event at the IPC World Championships in Doha.

Personal history

Bramall was born in 1985 and grew up in

Minshull Vernon Minshull Vernon is a hamlet and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The hamlet lies to the north west of Crewe, south east of Winsford and south west ...

in the north west of England. Bramall has

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...

which affects his lower limbs.

Career history

Bramall was introduced to athletics and wheelchair racing by a friend and subsequently joined Stockport Harriers and Athletics Club. In 2012 he was classified as a T33 athlete and took part in his first meets that year. Bramall focused primarily on the sprint events and in his first season recorded a best of 23.59 in the T33 100m. The next season Bramall began posting championship times in his three main events. He brought his personal best in the 100m down to 18.88, his 200m time from 44.34 to 35.17 and reduced his 400m to 68.89 an improvement of over 20 seconds. In 2014 Bramall entered his first IPC Grand Prix, travelling to Nottwil in Switzerland. There he finished third in the 100m, with a personal best of 18.69 and another third spot finish in the 200m. The following year Bramall joined the Great Britain team to compete 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. At the World Championships Bramall only contested the 100m as there was no 200m competition. Bramall finished second behind Kuwait's

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to win his first major international medal. The next year, in the build up to the Summer Paralympics in Rio, Bramall travelled to Grosseto to compete in the

2016 IPC Athletics European Championships The 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Israel. It was held in Grosseto, Italy and too ...

. There was only one T33 event at the championship, the 100m sprint, and in a limited field Bramall took the silver medal behind British team-mate

Toby Gold Toby Gold (born 27 September 1994) is an English wheelchair racer. He is classified as a T33 athlete and competes primarily in sprint events, winning the 100m gold in the 2016 European Championships and silver at the 2016 Paralympic Games. Pe ...

. In July 2016 Bramall was confirmed as a member of the Great Britain team to compete at the Rio Paralympics.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bramall, Dan Living people 1985 births Paralympic athletes for Great Britain English male wheelchair racers People from the Borough of Cheshire East Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics