Errol Kerr (born April 12, 1986, in Brooklyn, New York) is a downhill skier formerly with the

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. Kerr is the son of a Jamaican father and an American mother. Kerr started skiing at age 4 and started racing competitively at age 11. Kerr cross-trained and raced BMX and

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. The multi-disciplined Kerr eventually found his niche in

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.Who is Errol Kerr
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Skiing career

Kerr made his World Cup debut in January 2008 with a twelfth place in

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, and followed up with an eighth place in

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in March. He opened the 2008–09 season with a thirtieth place in St. Johann in Tirol and a fifteenth place in Lake Placid, and then tenth place worldwide at the Skicross World Championships 2009 in Japan. Retrieved on February 4, 2009 Kerr finished ninth overall at the

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. This is the best placing by a Caribbean athlete at any Winter Olympics. More recently, Kerr finished fifth in Skier X at

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References

1986 births Living people Jamaican male freestyle skiers American people of Jamaican descent People from Truckee, California Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers of Jamaica {{freestyle-skiing-bio-stub