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Megan Carter Davies
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born1996 (age 28–29)
Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Sport
SportOrienteering
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  United Kingdom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Triangle Region Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2022 Triangle Region Knock-out Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2022 Triangle Region Sprint Relay
World University Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Miskolc Sprint Relay[1]

Megan 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.

Carter Davies was born in Aberystwyth, United Kingdom. She competes for the orienteering clubs Swansea Bay OC (United Kingdom) and Rajämaen Rykmentti(Finland).[4] Carter Davies attended the University of Bristol where she studied mathematics and was the captain of the orienteering club.[1]


References

  1. ^ a b "University of Bristol Health and Exercise". bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ^ "IOF Eventor - Megan Carter Davies". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  3. ^ "Sprint success for Great Britain and Norway | International Orienteering Federation". orienteering.sport. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  4. ^ "Megan Carter-Davies | On The Red Line". www.ontheredline.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-30.