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Revision as of 22:26, 13 January 2022
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2020 Tokyo | T13 javelin throw |
Daniel Dean Pembroke MBE (born 16 July 1991[1]) is a British athlete who specialises in the Javelin throw.
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 (held in 2021). 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]
References
- ^ "Athlete name - Dan PEMBROKE". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "PEMBROKE Daniel". Olympics.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Herefordshire athlete targets world record after Paralympic gold". Hereford Times. 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. 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.
- 1991 births
- Living people
- British male javelin throwers
- British disabled sportspeople
- Paralympic athletes with a vision impairment
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic athletes of Great Britain
- Members of the Order of the British Empire