Jasmine Kerber
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| Full name | Jasmine Kerber |
| Nickname(s) | Jazzy |
| Country represented |
 United States
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| Born |
December 4, 1996 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Hometown | Highland Park, Illinois, United States |
| Residence | Highland Park, Illinois, United States |
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
| Years on national team | 2009 - 2015 |
| Club | North Shore Rhythmics |
| Head coach(es) | Natalia Klimouk |
| Assistant coach(es) | Irina Korosteleva, Angelina Yovcheva, Dani Takova |
| Retired | 2015 |
| World ranking |
38 (2015 Season) 24 (2014 Season) 39 (2013 Season) |
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Jasmine "Jazzy" Kerber (born December 4, 1996) is a retired American individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2015 Pan American Games All-around silver medalist, in the National level, she is the 2014 US National champion and 2015, 2013, 2012 US National silver medalist.
Kerber was born to Mark Kerber and Karen Springen and has a younger sister named Gigi. Kerber began gymnastics at age 4, coincidently after a trip to a local shopping mall where she saw her first rhythmic performance on what just happened to be National Gymnastics Day, she describes her gymnastics style as "less power and more balletic". Kerber attended public school at Highland Park High School and graduated in 2015. After taking 2015-2016 as a gap year to focus on her gymnastics, she will be studying at Stanford. Kerber speaks English, Russian and French.
Kerber appeared in international competitions in 2009, she competed at the 2009 International Tournament of Calais finishing 3rd in all-around. Kerber has competed at the Junior World Cup series in 2009 and 2010.
Kerber made her senior debut season in 2012, she competed at the 2012 Schmiden International finishing 7th in all-around. In 2013, Kerber competed at the senior US Championships finishing 2nd in all-around behind Rebecca Sereda. She won bronze in all-around at the Calais de France and at the 2013 Schmiden International, as well as qualifying to all 4 event finals. Kerber competed in the 2013 World Cup series in Corbeil-Essonnes, France and finished 18th in all-around. Kerber appeared in her first Worlds at the 2013 World Championships in Kiev, Ukraine where she qualified and finished 22nd in the all-around finals.
In 2014 season, Kerber competed at the World Cup series in Lisboa where she finished 12th in all-around. She finished 18th in all-around at the 2014 Stuttgart World Cup. Kerber won the all-around gold at the 2014 US Championships (tied with Rebecca Sereda), she then won the all-around gold at the 2014 Pan American Championships in Toronto, Canada. At the 2014 World Cup Final in Kazan, Russia, Kerber finished 13th in all-around ahead of Japan's Kaho Minagawa. In September 22–27, Kerber competed at the 2014 World Championships and finished 19th in the all-around finals behind Ukrainian gymnast Viktoria Mazur.
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