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Kerrin Petty
Born (1970-01-06)6 January 1970
Townsend, Vermont, United States
Ski club IFK Mora SK
World Cup career
Seasons 5 – (1994–1998)
Indiv. podiums 0
Team podiums 0
Indiv. starts 30
Team starts 3
Overall titles 0 – (77th in 1997)
Discipline titles 0

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. She won the 1998 women's main competition of Vasaloppet. and the unofficial women's competitions in 1994 and 1996.

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

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

Cross-country skiing results

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

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 N/A N/A
1995 25 NC N/A N/A
1996 26 NC N/A N/A
1997 27 77 61
1998 28 NC NC NC
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