Moira Kerr

{{Short description|Scottish athlete}} {{Use British English|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Moira Kerr | image = | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | sport = Athletics | event = Shot put | club = Maryhill Ladies Athletic Club | birth_date = c.1946<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19640612/213/0010 |title=Running and jumping led her to success |work=The Scotsman |date=12 June 1964 |p=10 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = }}

'''Moira Kerr''' (born c.1946) is a former track and field athlete from Scotland who competed at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

== Biography == Kerr was a member of the Maryhill Ladies Athletic Club<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001752/19640705/358/0031 |title=Sensation |work=Sunday Mail (Glasgow) |date=5 July 1964|p=31 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> and broke the Scottish shot put record with a throw of 43 feet, 4.5 inches, in May 1964.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19640518/168/0009 |title=Moira Kerr (West) |work=The Scotsman |date=18 May 1964 |p=9 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref>

Kerr represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19660613/299/0014 |title=McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team|work=The Scotsman |p=14 |date=13 June 1966 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commonwealthsport.com/nations/scotland |title=Scotland |website=Commonwealth Sport |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> participating in one event, the shot put event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3036/56/all |title=Scotland Kingston 1966 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=6 December 2025 |archive-date=18 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018082917/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3036/56/all |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

Kerr was a four-times Scottish champion in the shot put, winning the Scottish AAA Championship title in 1963, 1964, 1966 and 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/sco.htm |title=Scottish Championships |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref>

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