Disability class T54 Coached by Ian Mirfin Club Red Star | Event(s) 1500m Rank 12th Name Meggan Dawson-Farrell | |
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Born 18 September 1992 (age 31) ( 1992-09-18 ) | ||
SDS Meggan Dawson Farrell Video Case Study
Meggan Dawson-Farrell (born 18 September 1992) is a Scottish wheelchair racer.
Contents
- SDS Meggan Dawson Farrell Video Case Study
- Meggan dawson farrell on her selection for team scotland glasgow 2014
- Early life
- Sport
- References
Meggan dawson farrell on her selection for team scotland glasgow 2014
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.
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, 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.