John Kerr (figure skater)
| John Kerr | |
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The Kerrs in 2009.
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | John Kerr |
| Country represented |
 United Kingdom
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| Born |
2 June 1980 Broxburn, Scotland |
| Home town | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Partner | Sinead Kerr |
| Former partner | Anna Syrett |
| Former coach |
Evgeni Platov Joan Slater |
| Former choreographer | Evgeni Platov Peter Tchernyshev Robert Royston |
| Former skating club | Murrayfield ISC |
| Began skating | 1989 |
| Retired | March 2011 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 186.94 2008 Worlds |
| Comp. dance | 37.02 2010 Winter Olympics |
| Original dance | 60.13 2009 Worlds |
| Short dance | 62.96 2010 Skate Canada |
| Free dance | 94.62 2011 European Championships |
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John Alastair Kerr (born 2 June 1980 in Broxburn, Scotland) is a Scottish ice dancer who represented Great Britain with his sister Sinead Kerr. Together, they are two-time (2009, 2011) European bronze medalists and the 2004–2010 British national champions.
The Kerrs retired from competitive skating in April 2011.
John Kerr started skating at the age of nine after watching his sister. He competed in singles skating until he was 17, landing jumps up to the triple Lutz. After his partnership with Anna Syrett ended, he teamed up with older sister Sinead. They skated as juniors for one season, then moved up to the senior level. The Kerrs finished 2nd at the British Nationals in 2000 and were on the podium every year afterward. Despite this, in 2003, they lost their funding from Sportscotland.
During the 2003–4 season, the Kerrs won their first British title and went on to a top ten finish at their first Europeans and 14th at the 2004 Worlds. They were the first British ice dancers to make the top ten at the European Championships since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. They improved to 8th and 12th, respectively, in 2005.
In 2006, the Kerrs were chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they finished 10th. Suffering again from a lack of funding, they were forced to find creative training options: "when we trained for the 2006 Olympics, we'd often have to do it during a public session. Our coach would go around saying 'Move to the sides please. They're going to the Olympics.' The best way to avoid paying for ice time, and we couldn't afford to pay, was to ask politely if people would let us past." Following the 2005–06 season, they began to receive funding from both Sportscotland and UK Sport which allowed them to make a coaching change. They moved to New Jersey, in the United States, to train with two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Platov.
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