Kerrin Petty-Nilsson (born 6 January 1970 in

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, United States), is a US-Swedish

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. After competing on the cross-country ski team at the

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, she represented the United States during the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in

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and in

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

. She won the 1998 women's main competition of

Vasaloppet (Swedish for 'the Vasa-race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The course starts in the village of Berga, just south of Sälen in western Dalarna, Sweden, and ends in the town of Mora in the c ...

. and the unofficial women's competitions in 1994 and 1996. In 1996, she won the Swedish women's 30 kilometers national championship. and in 1996 and 1997, she won

Tjejvasan Tjejvasan is a cross-country skiing event in Sweden, running from Oxberg to Mora, a distance of 30 kilometers. It is only open to female skiers. Being annual, the first event was first held in 1988. Winners Winners throughout the years. * 1988 ...

. Petty-Nilsson now works as an environment and health-protection inspector of

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.Forshaga kommun: ''Miljö- och byggförvaltning''
accessdate: 12 October 2014

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petty, Kerrin 1970 births Living people People from Windham County, Vermont Sportspeople from Vermont University of Vermont alumni Vermont Catamounts skiers Swedish female cross-country skiers American female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Vasaloppet winners Olympic cross-country skiers of the United States IFK Mora skiers 21st-century American women