Megan Farrell

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

Megan Farrell
Personal information
Born (1992-02-26) 26 February 1992
Bracebridge, Ontario Canada
Sport
Country Canada
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Parallel giant slalom, Parallel slalom

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. "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.
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