Kerrin Petty

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Kerrin Petty
Born(1970-01-06)6 January 1970
Townsend, Vermont, United States
Ski clubIFK Mora SK
World Cup career
Seasons5 – (19941998)
Starts30
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (77th in 1997)
Discipline titles0

Kerrin Petty-Nilsson (born 6 January 1970 in Townsend, Vermont, United States), is a US-Swedish cross-country skier. After competing on the cross-country ski team at the University of Vermont, she represented the United States during the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer and in Nagano in 1998.[1] She won the 1998 women's main competition of Vasaloppet.[2] and the unofficial women's competitions in 1994 and 1996.

In 1996, she won the Swedish women's 30 kilometers national championship.[3] and in 1996 and 1997, she won Tjejvasan.[4]

Petty-Nilsson now works as an environment and health-protection inspector of Forshaga Municipality.[5][6]

Cross-country skiing results[edit]

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[7]

Olympic Games[edit]

 Year   Age   5 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1994 24 59 DNF
1998 28 51 47 52 41 15

World Championships[edit]

 Year   Age   5 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1995 25 64 39 33

World Cup[edit]

Season standings[edit]

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Sprint
1994 24 NC
1995 25 NC
1996 26 NC
1997 27 77 61
1998 28 NC NC NC

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Olympians". University of Vermont.
  2. ^ "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Svenska mästare genom tiderna" (in Swedish). Svenska Skidförbundet. 1996. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Tjejvasan" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ^ SR.se 22 July 2010: Idag inleds rötmånaden, accessdate: 12 October 2014
  6. ^ Forshaga kommun: Miljö- och byggförvaltning, accessdate: 12 October 2014
  7. ^ "PERRY Kerrin". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

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