Megan Farrell
{{Short description|Canadian snowboarder}}
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|sport = Snowboarding
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Megan Farrell (born 26 February 1992) is a Canadian snowboarder who competes internationally in the alpine snowboard discipline.{{cite web|url=https://www.canadasnowboard.ca/en/team/alpine/megan-farrell/|title=Megan Farrell|website=www.canadasnowboard.ca|publisher=Snowboard Canada|access-date=31 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/megan-farrell/|title=Megan Farrell|website=www.olympic.ca|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=31 January 2022}}
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).{{cite news|last=Beth Hartill|first=Mary|date=11 March 2021|title=Muskoka-born Team Canada snowboarder Megan Farrell narrowly misses podium at world championships|url=https://www.muskokaregion.com/community-story/10348625-muskoka-born-team-canada-snowboarder-megan-farrell-narrowly-misses-podium-at-world-championships/|work=Bracebridge Examiner|location=Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada|access-date=31 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/snowboard/canada-megan-farrell-finishes-fourth-snowboard-worlds-1.5933447|title=Canada's Megan Farrell narrowly misses podium at snowboard worlds in Slovenia|date=2 March 2021|website=www.cbc.ca|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=31 January 2022}}
In January 2022, Farrell was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the parallel giant slalom event.{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2022/01/19/19-snowboarders-nominated-to-team-canada-for-beijing-2022/|title=19 snowboarders nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022|last=Nichols|first=Paula|date=19 January 2022|website=www.olympic.ca|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=31 January 2022}}{{cite web|last=Dichter|first=Myles|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/snowboard/olympics-canada-snowboard-team-announcement-1.6318214|title='Strongest team in all of snowboarding': Canadian squad named for Beijing Olympics|date=19 January 2022|website=www.cbc.ca|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=31 January 2022}}{{cite news|date=19 January 2022|title=Toutant, McMorris, Parrot, Blouin return as Canada's Olympic snowboard team announced|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/toutant-mcmorris-parrot-blouin-return-as-canada-s-olympic-snowboard-team-announced-1.5745999|work=Canadian Press|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=27 January 2022}}{{cite news|last=Beth Hartill|first=Mary|date=28 January 2022|title='I still have a job to do': Bracebridge-born Megan Farrell readies for Olympic Games|url=https://www.thestar.com/local-bracebridge/life/2022/01/28/i-still-have-a-job-to-do-bracebridge-born-megan-farrell-readies-for-olympic-games.html|work=Bracebridge Examiner|location=Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada|access-date=31 January 2022}}{{cite news|last=Beth Hartill|first=Mary|date=20 January 2022|title=Bracebridge-born Megan Farrell heading to 2022 Olympic Games|url=https://www.thestar.com/local-bracebridge/news/2022/01/20/bracebridge-born-megan-farrell-heading-to-2022-olympic-games.html?itm_source=parsely-api|work=Bracebridge Examiner|location=Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada|access-date=31 January 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{FIS snowboarder|143282}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Bracebridge, Ontario
Category:Canadian female snowboarders
Category:Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics