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

wheelchair racer Wheelchair racing is the racing of wheelchairs in track and road races. Wheelchair racing is open to athletes with any qualifying type of disability, amputees, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy and partially sighted (when combined with another ...

Early life

Dawson-Farrell was born with

spina bifida Spina bifida (Latin for 'split spine'; SB) is a birth defect in which there is incomplete closing of the spine and the membranes around the spinal cord during early development in pregnancy. There are three main types: spina bifida occulta, me ...

and also has the condition

hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus is a condition in which an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) occurs within the brain. This typically causes increased intracranial pressure, pressure inside the skull. Older people may have headaches, double vision, poor ...

. 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 The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

, and also took part in the 2014 Queen's Baton Relay preceding the

Glasgow Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

. She holds the Scottish T54 record over all distances from 400m to the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

, 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 Wheelchair curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs or gait. Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation, and is one of the sports in the Winter Paralympic Games. Overview W ...

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* * * 1992 births Living people Scottish female wheelchair racers Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Scottish female curlers Scottish wheelchair curlers Wheelchair curlers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics People with spina bifida People with hydrocephalus People with paraplegia {{Scotland-athletics-bio-stub