Richard Merjan (born 10 November 1988) is a Lebanese-Australian slalom canoeist.

Merjan took up canoeing in 2001 at Ivanhoe Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia, and in 2003 started training with the Australian national team.

He holds a dual Australian-Lebanese citizenship, and since 2009 competes for Lebanon.

He missed qualifications for the 2012 Olympics due to a bad cut to his hand sustained in 2011.

[1] Merjan has a degree in commerce, finance and language studies from the Deakin University in Victoria, Australia.