Kerrin Petty

Kerrin Petty
Born (1970-01-06)6 January 1970
Townsend, Vermont, United States
Ski club IFK Mora

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 USA 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]

References

  1. "Olympians". University of Vermont.
  2. "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. "Svenska mästare genom tiderna" (in Swedish). Svenska Skidförbundet. 1996. 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
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