Keri Marie Herman (born August 16, 1982) is an American

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and US Olympian. She placed 10th in Slopestyle at the 2014 Sochi Games. She won a silver medal in ''Slopestyle'' at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in

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, behind Kaya Turski. The following week, Herman took bronze at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships. Herman now holds a total of 5

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medals. 3 in Aspen and 2 from European X Games in Tignes, France. Keri Herman grew up in

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. She played ice hockey during her four years at Visitation High School as

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for the Visitation Blazers team. She moved to CO to attend the University of Denver where she graduated in 2005 with a BSBA in Finance and Marketing. She studied abroad for a semester at the University of Queensland, Australia. She moved to Breckenridge in 2004 where she has since lived, traveling around the world competing in Slopestyle and Halfpipe skiing events. In 2011, she was named to the first US Freeskiing Slopestyle team. Her sponsors are ROCKSTAR Energy, Scott USA, Breckenridge Resort, HEAD SKIS, US Freeskiing, Buff, Jiberish, and Discrete.

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at U.S. Ski & Snowboard * * * 1982 births Living people American female freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics X Games competitors University of Denver alumni Sportspeople from Minnesota Sportspeople from Bloomington, Minnesota 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub