Kerrin Petty

(Redirected from Karen Petty)

Kerrin Petty-Nilsson (born 6 January 1970 in Townsend, Vermont, United States), is a US-Swedish 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] She won the 1998 women's main competition of Vasaloppet.[2] and the unofficial women's competitions in 1994 and 1996.

Kerrin Petty
Born(1970-01-06)6 January 1970
Townsend, Vermont, United States
Ski clubIFK Mora SK
World Cup career
Seasons5 – (19941998)
Starts30
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (77th in 1997)
Discipline titles0

In 1996, she won the Swedish women's 30 kilometers national championship.[3] and in 1996 and 1997, she won Tjejvasan.[4]

Petty-Nilsson now works as an environment and health-protection inspector of Forshaga Municipality.[5][6]

Cross-country skiing results edit

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[7]

Olympic Games edit

 Year  Age  5 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
19942459DNF
1998285147524115

World Championships edit

 Year  Age  5 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
199525643933

World Cup edit

Season standings edit

 Season  Age 
OverallLong DistanceSprint
199424NC
199525NC
199626NC
1997277761
199828NCNCNC

References edit

  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. ^ "Svenska mästare genom tiderna" (in Swedish). Svenska Skidförbundet. 1996. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Tjejvasan" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ^ SR.se 22 July 2010: Idag inleds rötmånaden, accessdate: 12 October 2014
  6. ^ Forshaga kommun: Miljö- och byggförvaltning, accessdate: 12 October 2014
  7. ^ "PERRY Kerrin". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

External links edit