Katie Pegg

Pegg was the only girl competing in her league in Scarborough when she played for the Scarborough Thunder high school team. She played defensive tackle.^[3][2] Pegg played one year of football with the Halifax Explosion women's football team.^[4]

In her second year of university, Pegg joined the Saint Mary's University Huskies track and field team.^[5] She competed against able-bodied athletes in shot put in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) conference,^[1] finishing fourth at the AUS championship in Moncton, New Brunswick.^[6] She competed as a para-athlete for the first time at the Fazza International Championships in Dubai, part of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2024.^[6] She won gold in the women's F46 shot put, with a then personal-best throw of 11.15 metres.^[1] At the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, Pegg placed fifth in the women's F46 shot put.^[7]

After her results at the 2024 Bell Track & Field Trials, Pegg qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[8][9] She placed seventh in women's F46 shot put.^[10] She won bronze at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in the women’s F46 shot put, throwing a new personal best 12.76 metres.^[11]

• Katie Pegg at Athletics Canada
• Katie Pegg at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
• Katie Pegg at the International Paralympic Committee
• Katie Pegg on Instagram