Errol Kerr

Errol Kerr (born April 12, 1986, in Brooklyn, New York) is a downhill skier formerly with the U.S. Ski Team. Kerr is the son of a Jamaican father and an American mother. Kerr started skiing at age four and started racing competitively at age 11. Kerr cross-trained and raced BMX and motocross. The multi-disciplined Kerr eventually found his niche in skicross.[http://www.windiessports.com/2008/10/21/who-is-errol-kerr Who is Errol Kerr] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107093132/http://www.windiessports.com/2008/10/21/who-is-errol-kerr |date=2009-01-07 }} Windies Sports, October 21, 2008

Skiing career

Kerr made his World Cup debut in January 2008 with a twelfth place in Les Contamines and followed up with an eighth place in Meiringen-Hasliberg in March. He opened the 2008–09 season with a thirtieth place in St. Johann in Tirol and a fifteenth place in Lake Placid, and then tenth place worldwide at the Skicross World Championships 2009 in Japan.{{FIS|S=FS|ID=145533}} Retrieved on February 4, 2009

Kerr finished ninth overall at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the best placing by a Caribbean athlete at any Winter Olympics.

More recently, Kerr finished fifth in Skier X at Winter X Games XV.