Kerrin Petty

Kerrin Petty
Born(1970-01-06)6 January 1970
Townsend, Vermont, United States
Ski clubIFK Mora SK
World Cup career
Seasons5 – (19941998)
Indiv. starts30
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts3
Team podiums0
Overall titles0 – (77th in 1997)
Discipline titles0

Kerrin Petty-Nilsson (born 6 January 1970 in Townshend, Vermont, United States), is an American-Swedish former cross-country skier. After competing on the cross-country ski team at the University of Vermont, she represented the United States during the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, and in Nagano in 1998.[1] Petty achieved success in Swedish ski races, winning the women's main competition of Vasaloppet in 1998[2] and the unofficial women's competitions in 1994 and 1996.[3]

She also won the Swedish women's 30 km national championship in 1996[4] and Tjejvasan in 1996 and 1997.[5]

After her athletic career, she has worked in environmental and health protection roles in Sweden, including as an inspector in Forshaga Municipality.[6][7]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[8]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   5 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1994 24 59 DNF
1998 28 51 47 52 41 15

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1995 25 64 39 33

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Sprint
1994 24 NC
1995 25 NC
1996 26 NC
1997 27 77 61
1998 28 NC NC NC

References

  1. ^ "Olympians". University of Vermont.
  2. ^ "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Olympedia – Kerrin Petty". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  4. ^ "Svenska mästare genom tiderna" (in Swedish). Svenska Skidförbundet. 1996. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Tjejvasan" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ^ SR.se 22 July 2010: Idag inleds rötmånaden, accessdate: 12 October 2014
  7. ^ Forshaga kommun: Miljö- och byggförvaltning, accessdate: 12 October 2014
  8. ^ "PERRY Kerrin". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2019.