Daniel Greaves (born 4 October 1982) is a British

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who specialises in the

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Career

Greaves was born in

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in 1982. Greaves won the gold medal in the F44/46 category discus throw at the

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, establishing a new world record with a throw of 55.12m. He had previously won silver at the

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."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 The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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, 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. At the

2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, f ...

held in Rio, Brazil, he won the bronze medal in the F44 Discus Throw. He won Bronze at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

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. In doing so he became the first British track and field athlete to win medals at six consecutive Paralympic Games. At the 2021 para-athletics European championships, Dan won the silver medal in the F64 Discus Throw. At the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England betw ...

, Dan came 4th in the F42/44 Discus Throw. At the

2023 World Para Athletics Championships The 2023 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was the 10th edition of the event and was held in the Charlety St ...

, Dan won a bronze medal in the F44 Discus Throw. Dan was selected to compete at the

2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P ...

, aiming for his 7th Paralympic medal. He came 6th in the F64 Discus throw.

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