Dan Greaves, born Daniel Greaves on 4 October 1982 in Anstey, Leicestershire, is a British athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won the gold medal in the F44/46 category discus at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, establishing a new world record with a throw of 55.12 metres, having won silver at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. His article records that, despite being born with a deformity of the feet, he was selected to join a British able-bodied team for a competition.
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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.
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