Jane Kerr started her elite swim training at the Etobicoke Swim Club in 1976.
12 Facts About Jane Kerr
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At the age of 16, Jane Kerr represented Canada at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California.
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Jane Kerr was a member of the Canadian women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay team that finished fifth in the world.
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Jane Kerr competed in the 100- and 200-metre freestyle events, placing fourteenth in both.
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Jane Kerr 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.
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Jane 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.
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Jane Kerr was a member of the Canadian women's 4x100-metres freestyle relay team that placed sixth in the world.
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Jane Kerr won four Southeastern Conference individual championships in the 200-metres freestyle, 200-metres individual medley, and 400-metres individual medley, and was a member of seven of the Gators' SEC championship relay teams.
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Jane Kerr was a member of the Gators' 1989 NCAA national championship relay team in the 4x100-metres freestyle, together with Laura Walker, Carmen Cowart and Paige Zemina.
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Jane Kerr received twenty-three All-American honors during her four-year American college swimming career.
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Jane Kerr graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in finance in 1992.
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Jane Kerr is married, and she and her husband have a daughter born in 2005, and a son born in 2008.