Full Name: Danny Crates

Age: 38 years

Location: Maldon, Essex

Athletic Event: 800m

Classification: T 46 (arm amputee)

Employment: Motivational/Inspirational speaker

Sporting Achievements:

  • Flag Bearer Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremony
  • Paralympic World Cup 2007 800m, Gold
  • World Championships 2006 800m,Gold
  • Paralympic World Cup 2006 800, Gold
  • European Championships 2005 800m Gold
  • Paralympic World Cup 2005 800m Silver
  • Athens Paralympic Games 2004 800m Gold
  • World record Holder 2004 800m
  • European Champion 2003 800m Gold
  • World Indoor Championships 2003 800m Gold
  • European Championships 2001 400m Gold
  • Sydney Paralympic Games, 2000 400m Bronze
  • British BT Open, 1999 400m Gold
  • British BT Open, 1999 200m Gold
  • Paralympics Revival, 1999 200m Gold
  • German National Championships, 1999 400m Gold
  • World Championships, 1998 400m Finalist
  • World Championships, 1998 4x400m Silver
  • Essex Under 21’s rugby
  • Essex and Eastern Counties of England Under 19’s Rugby

Other Achievements:

  • WABBA Fitness Instructor, 1998(World Amateur Body Builders Association)
  • PADI Medic First Aid Instructor, 1998
  • PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, 1996
  • Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship, 1996
  • Nominated for a NIACE Adult Learners Award, 1996
  • Runner up in BBC Essex Sports Achiever Awards, 1996
  • Nominee for BBC London Disabled Sports Personality of the Year 2004
  • The Variety Club of Great Britain Disabled Sportsman of the Year 2003
  • BBC Essex Sports Personality of the Year Award, 1995

Associations:

  • Patron, Medway Sporting Acadamy
  • Ambassador for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games Bid
  • Sport England Sporting Champion
  • Trustee Scuba Trust for divers of all abilities
  • Patron of Little Haven Hospice
  • Vice Patron Helen Rollason Cancer Charity
  • Ambassador for Essex Playing Fields
  • Ambassador for Thames Gateway South Essex
  • Patron for England Athletics East Region
  • President, Thurrock Harriers

Media Activity:

Television:

  • BBC Grandstand,
  • Rugby Special
  • BBC Paralympic Games coverage – studio pundit
  • From the Edge
  • Ready Steady Cook
  • The Wright Stuff
  • BBC A Question of Sport
  • An Evening with Tanni Grey Thompson
  • BBC Sports Personality 2004
  • BBC National Lottery Midweek Draw 2006
  • 2006  SportRelief Trailers
  • Eddie Izzard Marathon
  • BBC Look East
  • Sport Relief does We Are the Champions
  • IPC Athletics, Christchurch NZ

Radio :

  • Radio 5 Live,
  • BBC Essex,
  • Essex FM,
  • BBC Radio 1

Newspapers:

  • The Times,
  • The Mail on Sunday,
  • The Telegraph
  • The Mirror
  • The Daily Express
  • The Sun
  • The Essex Chronicle,
  • The Guardian
  • The Sunday Times

Magazines:

  • You Magazine
  • Readers Digest
  • Disability Now
  • Sports Leaders
  • Healthy Magazine

Hobbies:

  • Getting the most out of life
  • Working with the Scuba Trust to help those with disabilities to experience the joys of scuba diving

Aspirations:

  • To learn to play golf.
  • To learn to sail.
  • Recapture 800m World Record