Dan Pembroke
 Pembroke in 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 16 July 1991 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Paralympic athletics |
| Event | Javelin throw |
Medal record | |
Daniel Dean Pembroke MBE (born 16 July 1991[1]) is a British athlete who specialises in the Javelin throw.
Career
[edit]As a junior athlete, he competed for Great Britain and Northern Ireland in three age-group championships. His highest placing was 11th in the javelin at the 2011 IAAF World U20 Championships in Moncton, Canada. An elbow injury ended his chances of qualifying for the Olympic Games in 2012, so he took a break from the sport until 2019.[2]
He was diagnosed with RP (Retinitis pigmentosa) when he was six and his eyesight became further impaired during his twenties.[3]
In 2021 he accepted a place on the British Paralympic World Class Programme (WCP).[4] He went on to win Gold in the T13 javelin throw at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. In doing so he threw a new Paralympic record of 69.52 meters with his third attempt.[5]
Pembroke was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to athletics.[6][7]
At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, he won the gold medal in the T13 Javelin Throw, with a throw of 70.50 metres.[8]
At the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, he won the gold medal in the T13 Javelin with a throw of 66.96 metres.[9]
At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Dan retained his Paralympic title with a throw of 74.49 metres which was a new world record in that class.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athlete name - Dan PEMBROKE". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "PEMBROKE Daniel". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Herefordshire athlete targets world record after Paralympic gold". Hereford Times. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Pembroke joins British Athletics Paralympic World Class Programme". British Athletics. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - Final Results - Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - Men's T13 Javelin Throw". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N23.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.
- ^ "World Para Athletics Championships: Dan Pembroke on returning to sport". BBC Sport. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "World Para Athletics Championships: Dan Pembroke retains javelin title". BBC Sport. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Dan Pembroke smashes world record to retain Paralympic javelin title". The Independent. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympics: Daniel Pembroke wins javelin gold with new world record". BBC Sport. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- 1991 births
- Living people
- British male javelin throwers
- British disabled sportspeople
- Paralympic athletes (track and field) with a vision impairment
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic athletes for Great Britain
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- World Para Athletics Championships winners
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- British blind people
- Alumni of the Royal National College for the Blind
- Paralympic javelin throwers
- 21st-century British sportsmen