Errol Kerr (born April 12, 1986, in Brooklyn, New York) is a downhill skier formerly with the U.S. Ski Team. Kerr is the son of a Jamaican father and an American mother. Kerr started skiing at age four and started racing competitively at age 11. Kerr cross-trained and raced BMX and motocross. The multi-disciplined Kerr eventually found his niche in skicross.
Skiing career
Kerr made his World Cup debut in January 2008 with a twelfth place in Les Contamines and followed up with an eighth place in Meiringen-Hasliberg in March. He opened the 2008–09 season with a thirtieth place in St. Johann in Tirol and a fifteenth place in Lake Placid, and then tenth place worldwide at the Skicross World Championships 2009 in Japan.
Kerr finished ninth overall at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the best placing by a Caribbean athlete at any Winter Olympics.
More recently, Kerr finished fifth in Skier X at Winter X Games XV.
References
- Who is Errol Kerr Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Windies Sports, October 21, 2008
- Errol Kerr at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Retrieved on February 4, 2009
External links
- Errol Kerr at FIS (alpine)
- Errol Kerr at FIS (freestyle)
- Errol Kerr at Olympedia
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- 1986 births
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