{{Short description|Canadian snowboarder}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson |headercolor = |name = Megan Farrell |nickname = |image = |caption = |image_size = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|02|26|df=y}} |birth_place = Bracebridge, Ontario Canada |residence = |country = {{CAN}} |sport = Snowboarding |event = Parallel giant slalom, Parallel slalom |alma_mater = |death_date = |death_place = |height = |weight = |club = |pb = |website = |medaltemplates = }} '''Megan Farrell''' (born 26 February 1992) is a Canadian snowboarder who competes internationally in the alpine snowboard discipline.<ref name=bio>{{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}}</ref><ref name=O>{{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}}</ref>
==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).<ref name=O/><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
In January 2022, Farrell was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the parallel giant slalom event.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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/article/toutant-mcmorris-parrot-blouin-return-as-canadas-olympic-snowboard-team-announced/|work=Canadian Press|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{FIS snowboarder|143282}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Farrell, Megan}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Bracebridge, Ontario Category:Canadian female snowboarders Category:Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic snowboarders for Canada Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen