Megan Mitchell (orienteer)
British orienteering competitor
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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.
1996 (age 29–30)
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Megan Carter-Davies 1996 (age 29–30) Aberystwyth, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Ben Mitchell (m.2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Orienteering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mitchell was born in Aberystwyth, United Kingdom. She competes for the orienteering clubs Swansea Bay OC (United Kingdom) and Halden Skiklubb (Norway).[4] Mitchell 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]
