Keegan Gaunt

Keegan Gaunt (born April 27, 2000) is a Canadian visually-impaired middle-distance runner.

Keegan Gaunt

Personal information
Born	(2000-04-27) April 27, 2000 (age 25) Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Parents	Robert Gaunt (father) Robbi Weldon (mother)
Sport
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability class	T13

Early life and education

Gaunt was born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She is the daughter of Robbi Weldon, a para-cyclist who won gold at the 2012 Paralympic Games, and Robert Gaunt, who won silver on the Canadian men's goalball team at the 1996 Paralympic Games.^[1]

Like her mother, Gaunt was diagnosed with Stargardt Disease as a teenager. She trained with the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club.^[2] She is a graduate of Merivale High School^[2] and has a bachelor of commerce at the University of Guelph.^[3]

Career

At the 2018 Canadian Championships, Gaunt won the para-ambulatory 400-metre.^[4] She won the Para women's T13 1500-metre title at the Canadian track nationals, setting a new Canadian record.^[5] She trained, but did not race during the 2022 season.^[2]

Gaunt made her Parapan American Games debut at the 2023 Games in Chile.^[3] She placed third in the women's T13 1500-metre race at the Games, but did not receive a medal as there were only three competitors.^[6] Gaunt competed for Canada in the 1500-metre and 400-metre events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[1][7] She placed twelfth out of fourteen athletes in the 400-metre heats with a time of 1:03:16 and did not advance to the finals.^[8][9] She placed ninth in the women’s T13 1500-metre.^[10]