MAHON Meghan

Date of Birth: 15 Jan 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Sport Class: B3

Place of birth: TIMMINS, ON

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : SUDBURY, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Goalball	Women CAN Canada	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #02 RPC RPC 5 CAN Canada 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #14 CAN Canada 6 ISR Israel 2	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #22 CAN Canada 3 AUS Australia 4	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #38 CHN China 4 CAN Canada 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
6	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
4	Women	2018	Malmo, SWE

Playing blind hockey, snowboarding. (mytimminsnow.com, 25 Jul 2019)

Occupation:

Cambrian College, Sudbury, ON, CAN

Languages spoken:

Alberta Sports & Recreation Association For The Blind [ASRAB] [Canada]

Trent Farebrother [national]

Other sports:

She has competed in Para athletics at provincial level in Canada. She also played blind hockey at club level. (Canadian Blind Hockey YouTube channel, 12 Jun 2020; paralympic.ca, 01 Jan 2020; cbc.ca, 23 Sep 2018)

She began playing goalball at age 17. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

"I really am up for any kind of physical activity or sport and goalball was just one of those new things. It turns out that I was good at it and I enjoyed it so I stuck with it." (mytimminsnow.com, 25 Jul 2019)

Competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Canadian Blind Hockey YouTube channel, 12 Jun 2020)

Philosophy:

"Every breath is a second chance." (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

General Interest

Classification
B3 (ibsasport.org, 22 Dec 2019)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Impairment Details
She was born with a genetic condition called achromatopsia. She has 10% vision. (paralympic.ca, 01 Jan 2020)

General
OCCUPATION
She works as a programme leader for children and young people at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. (Facebook profile, 29 Aug 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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