Daniel Greaves (born 4 October 1982) is a British athlete who specialises in the discus throw.
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]
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.