Claire Harvey

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Claire Harvey
Personal information
NationalityGreat Britain
Born (1974-02-19) 19 February 1974 (age 47)
Career
YearsTeams
2012United Kingdom
2015United Kingdom
National team
2012United Kingdom
Claire Harvey
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Discus, Javelin
Coached byNone

Claire Harvey (born (1974 -02-19)19 February 1974) is a British Paralympic sportsperson.[1][2] She began as a sitting volleyball player, before switching to track and field athletics where she competes in F55 classification throwing events.

Sitting volleyball career[]

Harvey was part of the and is now a track and field athlete for Great Britain. She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics where the team finished last.[3] On club level she played for in 2012.

Athletics career[]

In 2015 Harvey switched sports to compete in track and field athletics. She competed at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha where she came fourth in the shot put and eighth in the javelin throw. Although Harvey qualified in the discus for the Great Britain team for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, she was forced to withdraw from the team due to injury.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Claire Harvey". poweof10.info. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ^ Claire Harvey. Kent Sport. Retrieved on 2017-02-04.
  3. ^ "Paralympic volleyball squad - Great Britain". london2012.com. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ^ "Thrower Claire Harvey withdrawn from Paralympics GB". rio.paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2016.


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