Megan Mitchell (née Carter-Davies; born 1996) is a British orienteering competitor.[2] She became sprint world champion at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships.[3] This made her only the third British athlete to become world champion in an individual discipline, after Yvette Hague and Jamie Stevenson.
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| Birth name | Megan Carter-Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1996 (age 27–28) Aberystwyth, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Ben Mitchell (m.2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Orienteering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mitchell was born in Aberystwyth, United Kingdom. She competes for the orienteering clubs Swansea Bay OC (United Kingdom) and Rajamäen Rykmentti (Finland).[4] Carter-Davies attended the University of Bristol where she studied mathematics and was the captain of the orienteering club.[1]
Mitchell first tried orienteering at the age of eight, joining Mid-Wales Orienteering club. She has been a member of the Welsh orienteering squad.[5]
Mitchell won her first medals at the World Orienteering Championships in 2022, first achieving a silver medal in the mixed sprint relay with Charlotte Ward, Ralph Street and Kris Jones. She followed this up with a silver medal in the knock-out sprint, and finally a gold medal in the sprint final, breaking Tove Alexandersson's winning streak of 11 world championship victories in a row (Alexandersson finished in sixth place).[6]
Results
editWorld Championship results
edit| Year | ||||||
| Long | Middle | Sprint | Relay | Sprint Relay |
Knock Out Sprint | |
| 2017 | — | — | 28 | 7 | — | — |
| 2018 | — | 20 | 28 | DSQ | 7 | — |
| 2019 | — | 21 | — | 9 | — | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 26 | — | 7 | 6 | — |
| 2022 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12 | — | 8 | — | — |
References
edit- ^ a b "University of Bristol Health and Exercise". bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "IOF Eventor - Megan Carter Davies". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ^ "Sprint success for Great Britain and Norway | International Orienteering Federation". orienteering.sport. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ^ "Megan Carter-Davies | On The Red Line". www.ontheredline.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ^ "Athletics Weekly- Megan Carter-Davies". athleticsweekly.com. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (30 June 2022). "Carter Davies wins women's orienteering sprint title as Alexandersson falters". www.insidethegames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
External links
edit- Megan Carter Davies at the International Orienteering Federation
- Megan Carter Davies at World of O
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