Errol Kerr (born April 12, 1986, in Brooklyn, New York) is a downhill skier formerly with theU.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 racedBMX andmotocross. The multi-disciplined Kerr eventually found his niche inskicross.[1]
Kerr made his World Cup debut in January 2008 with a twelfth place inLes Contamines and followed up with an eighth place inMeiringen-Hasliberg in March. He opened the 2008–09 season with a thirtieth place inSt. Johann in Tirol and a fifteenth place inLake Placid, and then tenth place worldwide at the Skicross World Championships 2009 in Japan.[2]
Kerr finished ninth overall at the2010 Winter Olympics, the best placing by a Caribbean athlete at any Winter Olympics.
More recently, Kerr finished fifth in Skier X atWinter X Games XV.
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