Meggan Dawson-Farrell

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

Meggan Dawson-Farrell
Personal information
Born (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992[1]
Sport
Disability classT54
Rank12th
Event(s)1500m
ClubRed Star
Coached byIan Mirfin

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.[2][3]

Sport

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]

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. Swarbrick, Susan (5 Jan 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.



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