Kerrin Petty

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Kerrin Petty
Born(1970-01-06)6 January 1970
Townsend, Vermont, United States
Ski club IFK Mora SK
World Cup career
Seasons5 – (1994–1998)
Indiv. starts30
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts3
Team podiums0
Overall titles0 – (77th in 1997)
Discipline titles0

Kerrin Petty-Nilsson (born 6 January 1970 in Townshend, Vermont, United States), is an American-Swedish former 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] Petty achieved success in Swedish ski races, winning the women's main competition of Vasaloppet in 1998 [2] and the unofficial women's competitions in 1994 and 1996. [3]

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She also won the Swedish women's 30 km national championship in 1996 [4] and Tjejvasan in 1996 and 1997. [5]

After her athletic career, she has worked in environmental and health protection roles in Sweden, including as an inspector in Forshaga Municipality. [6] [7]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [8]

Olympic Games

 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

 Year  Age  5 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1995 256439—33—

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age 
OverallLong DistanceSprint
1994 24NC——
1995 25NC——
1996 26NC——
1997 277761
1998 28NCNCNC

References

  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. ↑ "Olympedia – Kerrin Petty". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  4. ↑ "Svenska mästare genom tiderna" (in Swedish). Svenska Skidförbundet. 1996. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Tjejvasan" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ↑ SR.se 22 July 2010: Idag inleds rötmånaden, accessdate: 12 October 2014
  7. ↑ Forshaga kommun: Miljö- och byggförvaltning, accessdate: 12 October 2014
  8. ↑ "PERRY Kerrin". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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