Megan Farrell

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Megan Farrell
Personal information
Born (1992-02-26) 26 February 1992 (age 33)
Bracebridge, Ontario Canada
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport Snowboarding
Event(s)Parallel giant slalom, Parallel slalom

Megan Farrell (born 26 February 1992) is a Canadian snowboarder who competes internationally in the alpine snowboard discipline. [1] [2]

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Career

Farrell has competed at three Senior World Championships in 2017, 2019 and 2021. Farrell's best performances came in 2021. In the slalom event, Farrell finished fourth (the best-ever performance by a Canadian), and in the giant slalom event, eighth (tied for the best Canadian performance ever). [2] [3] [4]

In January 2022, Farrell was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the parallel giant slalom event. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

References

  1. "Megan Farrell". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Megan Farrell". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. Beth Hartill, Mary (11 March 2021). "Muskoka-born Team Canada snowboarder Megan Farrell narrowly misses podium at world championships". Bracebridge Examiner . Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. "Canada's Megan Farrell narrowly misses podium at snowboard worlds in Slovenia". www.cbc.ca. CBC Sports. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. Nichols, Paula (19 January 2022). "19 snowboarders nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  6. Dichter, Myles (19 January 2022). "'Strongest team in all of snowboarding': Canadian squad named for Beijing Olympics". www.cbc.ca. CBC Sports . Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  7. "Toutant, McMorris, Parrot, Blouin return as Canada's Olympic snowboard team announced". Canadian Press . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  8. Beth Hartill, Mary (28 January 2022). "'I still have a job to do': Bracebridge-born Megan Farrell readies for Olympic Games". Bracebridge Examiner . Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  9. Beth Hartill, Mary (20 January 2022). "Bracebridge-born Megan Farrell heading to 2022 Olympic Games". Bracebridge Examiner . Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 31 January 2022.