Daniel Greaves (born 4 October 1982) is a British athlete who specialises in the discus throw. Biography Greaves was born in Anstey, Leicestershire in 1982. 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. He had previously won silver at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. 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, 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. 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. References 1982 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic athletes of Great Britain Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics British disabled sportspeople Sportspeople from Leicestershire British male discus throwers English male discus throwers Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics People from Anstey, Leicestershire Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Discus throwers with limb difference Paralympic discus throwers Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games