Meggan Dawson-Farrell
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 |
| Sport | |
| Disability class | T54 |
| Rank | 12th |
| Event(s) | 1500m |
| Club | Red Star |
| Coached by | Ian Mirfin |
Meggan Dawson-Farrell (born 18 September 1992) is a Scottish wheelchair racer.
Early life
Dawson-Farrell was born with spina bifida and also has the condition hydrocephalus. She was unable to take part in sport at school but began after attending a youth sports camp at the age of fourteen.
Career
Dawson-Farrell is classified as a T54 wheelchair athlete. She trains with coach Ian Mirfin at the Red Star Athletics Club, a club dedicated to disabled athletes. She was a torch bearer for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and also took part in the 2014 Queen's Baton Relay preceding the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
She holds the Scottish T54 record over all distances from 400m to the marathon, and is ranked 12th in the world in 1500m in her classification. She competed for Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the T54 1500m, where she placed seventh.
At the IWAS World Junior Games held in August 2014 at Stoke Mandeville, Dawson-Farrell won the gold medal in the T54 100m event.
In 2017, she switched sports to compete in wheelchair curling.
External links
- Meggan Dawson-Farrell at the World Curling Federation
- Meggan Dawson-Farrell at the British Paralympic Association
- Meggan Dawson-Farrell at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Meggan Dawson-Farrell at the British Paralympic Association
- "Meggan DAWSON-FARRELL - Wheelchair Curling". Beijing 2022 Paralympics. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022.