Claire Harvey

Claire Harvey (born 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.

Claire Harvey
Personal information
Nationality	Great Britain
Born	19 February 1974
Career
Years Teams 2012 London Lynx 2015 Ashford AC
National team
2012 Great Britain sitting volleyball team

Claire Harvey

Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus, Javelin
Coached by	None

Sitting volleyball career

Harvey was part of the Great Britain women's national sitting volleyball team 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 London Lynx 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

• Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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. Missing or empty |url= (help)
4. "Thrower Claire Harvey withdrawn from Paralympics GB". rio.paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2016.