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Dan Bentley

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Dan Bentley, born Daniel James Bentley on 15 August 1984 in Chelmsford, is a Paralympic boccia player with cerebral palsy. At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics he was part of the first British team to win gold at boccia at the Paralympics, in the Team BC1-2 category, and he competed again as part of the Great Britain team at the 2012 London Paralympics, taking bronze in the Team BC1-2 event. His English Wikipedia article is very short and gives no further account of his background, so this entry records only what it states.

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Birth Year
1984 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
1 1
Gold Medals
1 1
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Competition Category
Para or Adaptive 1
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At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics he was part of the first British team to win gold at boccia at the Paralympics, in the Team BC1-2 category.
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    (born 15 August 1984 in Chelmsford)
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    At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics he was part of the first British team to win gold at boccia at the Paralympics, in the Team BC1-2 category.
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    Daniel James Bentley (born 15 August 1984 in Chelmsford) is a Paralympic boccia player with cerebral palsy.
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