Jane Kerr
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| Full name | Jane Louise Kerr Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 12, 1968 Mississauga, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Etobicoke Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jane Louise Kerr Thompson (born May 12, 1968), née Jane Louise Kerr, is a former competition swimmer from Canada. Kerr was a butterfly and freestyle specialist who was an Olympic bronze medallist.
Early years
Kerr was born in
International career
At the age of 16, Kerr represented Canada at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California.[2] She was a member of the Canadian women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay team that finished fifth in the world. She also competed in the 100- and 200-metre freestyle events, placing fourteenth in both.[2]
At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, she won gold medals in the 100-metres freestyle and 4x100-metre freestyle relay. She also won silver medals in the 200-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre medley relay, and bronze medals in the 200-metre individual medley and 4x200-metre freestyle relay.
Kerr won a bronze medal as a member of the third-place Canadian women's 4x100-metre medley relay team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, together with Andrea Nugent, Allison Higson and Lori Melien.[3] She was also a member of the Canadian women's 4x100-metres freestyle relay team that placed sixth in the world.[2]
College career
After the 1988 Olympics, Kerr accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the
She graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in finance in 1992.[1]
Life after swimming
Kerr and Sandy Goss were inducted into the Swimming Canada Circle of Excellence Hall of Fame in 2006.[1] She is married, and she and her husband have a daughter born in 2005, and a son born in 2008.[citation needed] Since 2006, she has been a partner in the Toronto office of Accenture.[1]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of University of Florida alumni
- List of University of Florida Olympians
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Swimming Canada Inducts Goss, Kerr into Circle of Excellence Archived 2013-02-03 at archive.today," Swimming World Magazine (November 27, 2006). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ^ a b c Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Jane Kerr Archived 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Canada Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games Archived 2012-04-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 61, 62, 64, 67, 75–76, 79 (2011). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
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