Danny Crates

Danny Crates
Danny Crates
Personal information
Nationality  United Kingdom
Born 9 February 1973 (1973-02-09) (age 38)
Orsett, Essex, England
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 400 metres, 800 metres
Updated on 14 September 2008.

Daniel "Danny" Brian Crates, (born 9 February 1973)[1] is a former British athlete, who specialised in 800m sprinting. He is the Paralympic world record holder in this event, and won gold medals in a number of international competitions, including the Paralympic Games. He also plays competitive rugby and is a qualified diving instructor.[2][3]

Crates was born in Orsett, Essex. He took up athletics after losing his right arm in a car accident while in Australia in 1994. He competed in T46 (arm amputee) events and represented Britain at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney - winning the bronze medal in the 400m sprint, and at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens where he won gold in the 800m.[1]

After Sydney, Crates switched from the 400m to the 800m, in which he holds the world record with a time of 1:53.27 set in 2004 at the AAA Championships.[1][2]

Crates has also won gold in the 800m race at the European Championships in 2003, and again in 2005. He won gold in the same category at the World Indoor Championships in 2003. He had previously won gold running 400m at the European Championships in 2001.[1] He won gold in the 800m race at the inaugural Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in 2004, but did not compete to retain his title in 2008.[4][5]

He also plays competitive rugby within teams of non-amputee players.[1]

Crates carried the Olympic torch in London in 2008 and at He will be competing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing,[5] and was Great Britain's flagbearer during the Games' Opening Ceremony.[6]

Crates retired from athletics on 25 July 2009, after competing at the London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace.[7] He came in third place in his last race.[8]

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