Claire Harvey

Claire Harvey
Personal information
Nationality Great Britain
Born (1974 -02-19) 19 February 1974
Career
YearsTeams
2012United Kingdom London Lynx
2015United Kingdom Ashford AC
National team
2012United Kingdom Great Britain sitting volleyball team
2015United Kingdom Great Britain Athletics team
Claire Harvey
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Discus, Javelin
Coached by Shelley Holroyd

Claire Harvey (born 19 February 1974) was a British female Paralympic sitting volleyball player. She 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 finishing 8th.[1] On club level she played for London Lynx in 2012. Claire now competes in Athletics and recently competed in the IPC World Athletic Championships in Doha where she came 4th in the Shot Put and 8th in the Javelin. She is coached by one of Britains best javelin throwers, Olympic Athlete Shelley Holroyd.

She is currently training for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio where she hopes to compete in the Discus and Javelin.

See also

References

  1. "Paralympic volleyball squad - Great Britain". london2012.com.


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