of the Paris 2024 Canadian Paralympic Women’s
Goalball Team competing for gold!
Their first game begins August 29th, 6:45am MDT
Meet your Alberta Paralympic Goalball Athletes!
Brieann Baldock is an Edmontonian competing in her second Paralympic games. She has always loved to play sports and be active.
As well as an accomplished athlete, Brieann also coaches goalball with ASRAB, supporting youth players. Her personal philosophy is “Be open to trying new things and embrace challenges”.
Click here to read Brieann’s Paralympic feature!
Meghan Mahon is competing in her third Paralympics and has been a member of the Canadian team since 2016. Mahon is originally from Timmins, ON. In 2017 she moved to Calgary to join the Alberta Goalball Program.
“I am a competitive person” said Meghan “I love the opportunity to compete and be a role model for younger athletes to look up to”.
Click here to read Meghan’s Paralympic feature!
Trent Farebrother of Red Deer is the head coach of the Women’s National Goalball Team and will be coaching this year at his third Paralympics.
“The team has been working very hard since Tokyo, we’ve had good competitions in the last two years and we should be on top for Paris. We have an experienced team that should help us throughout the competition. We also have a world-class management staff.”
Click here to see the entire upcoming tournament schedule for the Canadian Women’s Goalball team!
You can stream all the games live by visiting: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/streaming-schedule?sport=Goalball
What is Goalball?
Goalball is the only Paralympic sport designed exclusively for individuals with visual impairment. ASRAB is the official provincial sport organization for goalball in Alberta.
Goalball was invented in 1946 to rehabilitate veterans with a visual impairment who returned from World War II. Athletes compete in teams of three and try to throw a ball with bells in it into the opponents’ goal. The objective of the game is to throw the ball using a bowling motion into the opponent’s net while the opposing players try to block the ball with their bodies.
