Jasmine "Jazzy" Kerber (born December 4, 1996) is a retired

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. She is the

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All-around silver medalist. At the National level, she is the 2014 US National champion and 2015, 2013, 2012 US National silver medalist.

Personal life

Kerber was born to Mark Kerber and Karen Springen and has a younger sister named Gigi. Kerber began gymnastics at age 4, coincidentally after a trip to a local shopping mall where she saw her first rhythmic performance on what just happened to be National Gymnastics Day. She describes her gymnastics style as "less power and more balletic". Kerber attended public school at Highland Park High School and graduated in 2015. After taking 2015-2016 as a gap year to focus on her gymnastics, she is studying at

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. Kerber speaks English,

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and French.

Career

Kerber appeared in several international competitions in 2009. At the 2009 International Tournament of Calais she finished 3rd in all-around. Kerber has competed at the Junior World Cup series in 2009 and 2010. Kerber made her senior debut season in 2012 when she competed at the 2012 Schmiden International, finishing 7th in all-around. In 2013, Kerber competed at the senior US Championships finishing 2nd in all-around behind Rebecca Sereda. She won bronze in all-around at the Calais de France and at the 2013 Schmiden International, as well as qualifying to all 4 event finals. Kerber competed in the 2013 World Cup series in

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, France and finished 18th in all-around. Kerber appeared in her first Worlds at the 2013 World Championships in

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, Ukraine where she qualified and finished 22nd in the all-around finals. In 2014 season, Kerber competed at the World Cup series in

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where she finished 12th in all-around. She finished 18th in all-around at the

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. Kerber won the all-around gold at the 2014 US Championships (tied with Rebecca Sereda), she then won the all-around gold at the 2014 Pan American Championships in

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, Canada. At the 2014 World Cup Final in

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, Russia, Kerber finished 13th in all-around ahead of Japan's

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. On September 22–27, Kerber competed at the 2014 World Championships and finished 19th in the all-around finals behind Ukrainian gymnast

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. In 2015 season, Kerber competed at the Valentine Cup and finished 6th in the all-around. On March 27–29, Kerber competed at the 2015 Lisboa World Cup finishing 16th in the all-around. On April 10–12, Kerber finished last in 56th place in the all-around at the 2015 Pesaro World Cup after withdrawing from last 2 apparatus events. On May 8–10, she competed at Corbeil-Essonnes International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament and finished 5th in all-around, she qualified to 3 event finals and placed 4th in ball, 7th in hoop and 8th in ribbon. She won the all-around silver at the 2015 US National Championships behind

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. At the

, Kerber won the all-around silver medal behind Zeng, she qualified to all 4 apparatus finals taking silver in hoop, ball, ribbon and bronze in clubs. In August, Kerber finished 25th in the all-around at the 2015 Sofia World Cup. At the 2015 World Cup Final in

, Kerber finished 30th in the all-around. On September 9–13, Kerber (together with teammates

, Camilla Feeley and Serena Lu) competed at the 2015 World Championships in

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, with Team USA finishing 9th. Kerber finished 39th in the All-around qualifications and did not advance into the Top 24 finals. She completed her career after Worlds and is pursuing her studies at

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Routine music information

References

External links

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Kerber USA Gymnastics Profile

Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
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