PEG Magazine - Fall 2015

Movers & Shakers

LATITUDE

PISTOL PACKING P.ENG. WINS GOLD AT PAN AM GAMES Lynda Kiejko, P.Eng., pictured with husband Kevin and daughter Olivia, won two pistol shooting gold medals at the Pan Am Games in July, securing a spot for Canada in the Rio Olympics in 2016.

American Construction Group and worked in Fort McMurray on Syncrude projects until joining AltaLink in 2004, progressing from Engineer-in-Training to Manager Operational Engineering, and now Senior Civil Engineer. After graduation, Ms. Kiejko renewed her dedication to pistol

shooting. In 2003 she took home a bronze medal at the Pan Am Games in the Dominican Republic, which led to more competitions at national and international levels. This July, Ms. Kiejko competed at the Pan Am Games before an unusually boisterous crowd. Her

sister Dorothy, also a pistol shooter, had won gold four years ago in Mexico, so she was determined to win another one for her family. Despite the noise and distraction, she maintained her composure and took home gold in the women’s 10-metre air pistol and in the 25-metre rapid fire.

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