Daniel Greaves (born 4 October 1982) is a British athlete who specialises in the discus throw.
Career Greaves was born in Anstey, Leicestershire in 1982."British team for Athens 2004 ", paralympics.org.uk, retrieved 2011-03-05
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."Greaves takes discus crown", BBC, 20 September 2004 He had previously won silver at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney."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 in Beijing,"ParalympicsGB receive athletics nominations for the Beijing 2008 Paralympics" , British Paralympics Association, June 2008 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."'Discus' Dan is a World Record Man", Anstey Clarion, February 2011, p. 1"IPC WORLDS: Greaves justifies his pre-event billing to take discus gold in New Zealand ", morethangames.co.uk, 26 January 2011, retrieved 2011-03-05
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio, Brazil, he won the bronze medal in the F44 Discus Throw.
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.
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.
At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, Dan won a bronze medal in the F44 Discus Throw.
Dan was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, aiming for his 7th Paralympic medal. He came 6th in the F64 Discus throw.
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