Dan Greaves (discus thrower)
British Paralympic athlete
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Daniel Greaves (born 4 October 1982) is a British athlete who specialises in the discus throw.
Greaves in 2012 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  Great Britain | ||
| Paralympic Games | ||
 | 2004 Athens | Discus throw F44/46 |
 | 2000 Sydney | Discus throw F44/46 |
| 2012 London | Discus throw F44 |
 | 2008 Beijing | Discus throw F44 |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Discus throw F44 |
| 2020 Tokyo | Discus throw F64 |
| World Championship | ||
| 2002 Lille | Discus throw F44 |
| 2006 Assen | Discus throw F44 |
| 2011 Christchurch | Discus throw F44 |
| 2013 Lyon | Discus throw F44 |
| 2023 Paris | Discus throw F64 |
| 2025 New Delhi | Discus throw F44 |
| European Championships | ||
| 2003 Assen | |
| 2005 Espoo | |
| 2014 Swansea | Discus throw F44 |
| 2016 Grosseto | Discus throw F44-46 |
Representing  England | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| 2014 Glasgow | Discus throw F42/44 |
Career
Greaves was born in Anstey, Leicestershire in 1982.[1]
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.[2] He had previously won silver at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney.[3]
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.[3]
Greaves competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing,[4] 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.[5][6]
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio, Brazil, he won the bronze medal in the F44 Discus Throw.[7]
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.[8][9]
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.[10]
At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, Dan won a bronze medal in the F44 Discus Throw.[11]
Dan was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, aiming for his 7th Paralympic medal.[12][13] He came 6th in the F64 Discus throw.[14]