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

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Early life

Dawson-Farrell was born with

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. She also had the condition

hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus is a condition in which cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) builds up within the brain, which can cause pressure to increase in the skull. Symptoms may vary according to age. Headaches and double vision are common. Elderly adults with n ...

. 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

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

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. 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 kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), 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 ...

, 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

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. In 2025 Dawson-Farrell was suspended for 14 months for doping.Anti-Doping Case Resolution Agreement: Meggan Dawson-Farrell
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(archived) * 1992 births Living people Scottish wheelchair curlers Scottish female curlers British female curlers Scottish female wheelchair racers British female wheelchair racers Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Paralympic wheelchair curlers for Great Britain Wheelchair curlers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics People with spina bifida People with hydrocephalus People with paraplegia Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Scottish sportswomen Doping cases in sport {{Scotland-athletics-bio-stub