Peter Kerr (water polo)

{{Short description|Australian water polo official}}

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Peter Kerr, AM, is an Australian water polo sports official best known for taking the Judge's Oath at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He also was an official for the water polo events at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, along with being a referee at the 2000 Games in Sydney. Kerr served as section manager of the Australian team for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

A lawyer from Sydney, Kerr serves as president of Australian Water Polo, Inc., a position he has held since 1996.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2008/Media%20notes%20AM%20%28A-L%29%20%28final%29-web.pdf|title=Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia|date=5 July 2018|website=Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia}} In 2008, he was named a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to water polo as a player, referee, coach and administrator, and to the community, particularly through executive positions with a range of sporting and charitable organisations ".{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1137490|title=KERR, Peter Henry|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|access-date=2018-07-05}} In 2011, he was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame – Water Polo Australia |url=https://www.waterpoloaustralia.com.au/about-us/hall-of-fame/ |website=waterpoloaustralia.com.au |publisher=Water Polo Australia |accessdate=12 October 2020 }}