Kerryn Michelle Pethybridge-Rim (born as ''Kerryn Michelle Pethybridge'' on 7 September 1962 in Myrtleford) is an Australian

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

who competed at three Winter Olympics from 1992 to

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. On her debut, she came 39ths and 32nd out of 68 and 66 competitors respectively in the 7.5 km and 10 km events. In 1994, she came 21st and 8th out of 69 and 68 racers in the 7.5 km and 15 km events respectively. In 1998 she became a triple Olympian and finished 47th and 43rd in the same two events. There were 64 competitors in each race. Rim's result remains the only top 20 finish by an Australian in the discipline of biathlon.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rim, Kerryn 1962 births Australian female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Australia Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Living people People from Myrtleford