diff --git a/docs/reference/changelog.md b/docs/reference/changelog.md
index 7371a77..9adc0d7 100644
--- a/docs/reference/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/reference/changelog.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ This is the pre-release series. Things haven't settled yet, so each minor versio
 
 ### Version 0.17
 
+#### Version 0.17.5
+
+- Convert FIT sport type enum to strings. [GH-84](https://github.com/martin-ueding/geo-activity-playground/issues/84)
+
 #### Version 0.17.4
 
 - Try to use charset-normalizer to figure out the strange encoding. [GH-83](https://github.com/martin-ueding/geo-activity-playground/issues/83)
diff --git a/geo_activity_playground/core/activity_parsers.py b/geo_activity_playground/core/activity_parsers.py
index 853f825..7d0a2c6 100644
--- a/geo_activity_playground/core/activity_parsers.py
+++ b/geo_activity_playground/core/activity_parsers.py
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ def read_fit_activity(path: pathlib.Path, open) -> tuple[ActivityMeta, pd.DataFr
                     if "wkt_name" in fields:
                         metadata["name"] = values["wkt_name"]
                     if "sport" in fields:
-                        metadata["kind"] = values["sport"]
+                        metadata["kind"] = str(values["sport"])
                         if "sub_sport" in values:
-                            metadata["kind"] += " " + values["sub_sport"]
+                            metadata["kind"] += " " + str(values["sub_sport"])
 
     return metadata, pd.DataFrame(rows)