Background
She was born on 24 April 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland.
She was born on 24 April 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Farrell is from Sydney. She became a paraplegic at the age of fifteen, when a car she was a passenger in slid off the road after trying to pass a truck. At the time of the accident, she was not belted into her seat and sustained back, head and neck injuries.
Other passengers in the car who were belted in had much less severe injuries.
When she is not competing, she works as an Information Technology Consultant. Farrell is a New South Wales Institute of Sport athlete.
In 2001, she was a scholarship holder at the Australian Institute of Sport. In 2000, she was also sponsored by the Motor Accidents Authority in New South Wales.
National team
That year and in 1998, she was part of the Australian team that finished third at the Gold Cup tournament.
Club basketball
In 2008, Farrell played her club basketball of the Women"s National Wheelchair League (WNWBL)"s Hills Hornets. Her team mates included Liesl Tesch, who was on the same team as Farrell when they earned their 2000 and 2004 Paralympic medals.
She has been a member of the New South Wales women"s state basketball team and competed at the national championships. Farrell was a member of Australia"s national team by 1994.