Meggan Dawson-Farrell
Personal information
Born (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 31)[1]
Sport
Disability classT54
Rank12th
Event1500m
ClubRed Star
Coached byIan Mirfin

Meggan Dawson-Farrell (born 18 September 1992) is a Scottish wheelchair racer.

Early life

Dawson-Farrell was born with spina bifida and also had 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.[2][3]

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,[4] and also took part in the 2014 Queen's Baton Relay preceding the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.[5]

She holds the Scottish T54 record over all distances from 400m to the marathon,[6] and is ranked 12th in the world in 1500m in her classification.[3] She competed for Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the T54 1500m, where she placed seventh.[7]

At the IWAS World Junior Games held in August 2014 at Stoke Mandeville, Dawson-Farrell won the gold medal in the T54 100m event.[8]

In 2017, she switched sports to compete in wheelchair curling.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Profile". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. ^ Coates, Jonathan (26 September 2013). "Commonwealth Games: Dawson-Farrell to compete for Scotland". www.scotsman.com. The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b Swarbrick, Susan (5 January 2014). "My 2014: 'I won't give up until I get my gold. I'm coming home with a medal'". www.heraldscotland.com. Herald Scotland. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  4. ^ McGivern, Mark (30 August 2012). "Torch of magic for Scottish teenager who carried Paralympic flame". www.dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Brave Jack takes turn to carry baton - just weeks after seven-hour op on his spine". www.dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  6. ^ "27 Scots Book Their Place at Glasgow 2014". www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org. Falkirk Community Trust. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Athletics: Women's Para-Sport 1500m - T54". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  8. ^ Athletics Weekly (8 August 2014). "Athletes impress at IWAS World Junior Games". Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  9. ^ Houston, Michael (8 January 2022). "Dawson-Farrell ready for wheelchair curling Paralympic debut after sport switch". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

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