Meghan Mahon

Started: She was introduced to goalball at an Ontario Blind Sports Association summer camp in 2012. She took up the sport the following year after she began attending W. Ross Macdonald School for the Blind in Brantford, ON, Canada. (paralympic.ca, 26 Oct 2023, 17 Dec 2022) Reason: She had been involved in sport from a young age, including non-Para ice hockey. "I started getting older and sports started getting faster. My hockey coach would call from the bench which corner the puck was going into as I'm coming back on defense or something like that. 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. I think what really hooked me into goalball was the fact that it was a team sport." (paralympic.ca, 26 Oct 2023; mytimminsnow.com, 25 Jul 2019) Ambition: To compete at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (sirc.ca, 19 Jun 2024) Additional Info: INFLUENTIAL TEAMMATE She views her Canadian national teammate Amy Burk as a mentor and role model. "She is a longstanding captain on our team and the way that she carries herself is outstanding. It's something that I hope younger athletes can look at me and want to aspire to be that because they see that as a positive impact on the team." (paralympic.ca, 01 Nov 2023) FURTHER EDUCATION Between 2017 and 2022 she studied autism and behavioural science at Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology in Ottawa, ON, Canada. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Aug 2023) OCCUPATION She has worked for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind [CNIB] as a community outreach lead. (Facebook profile, 18 Jun 2024; LinkedIn profile, 26 May 2024)