Christopher Kerber (born July 23, 1968) is an American lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the

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in Račice with the lightweight men's four. Kerber is currently the Head Coach of Men’s Rowing at

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. Prior to Hobart, Kerber coached in numerous programs, including

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Lightweights and

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in Philadelphia. Kerber’s Cornell lightweight varsity eights won the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) national championship in 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2019. His teams won the Jope Cup in 2014 and 2015. In 2014, Kerber's Cornell crew were Temple Challenge Cup semi-finalists at

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, falling to the eventual champions Oxford Brookes University. In 2015, Kerber's varsity crew returned to Henley, again reaching the semi-final of the Temple Challenge Cup, where they fell to the eventual champions A.S.R. Nereus.

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1968 births Living people American male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing Cornell Big Red rowing coaches Rowers at the 1991 Pan American Games Rowers at the 1995 Pan American Games {{US-rowing-bio-stub