Megan Carter Davies

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.

Megan Carter-Davies
Megan Carter Davies at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born1996 (age 26–27)
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]

Carter-Davies 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]

Carter-Davies first tried orienteering at the age of eight, joining Mid-Wales Orienteering club. She has been a member of the Welsh orienteering squad.[5]

Carter-Davies 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

World Championship results
Year
Long Middle Sprint Relay Sprint
Relay		 Knock Out
Sprint
2017——287——
2018—2028DSQ7—
2019—21—9——
2021626—76—
2022——1—22
2023712—8——

References
  1. "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.
  5. "Athletics Weekly- Megan Carter-Davies". athleticsweekly.com. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  6. 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.


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