In June 2019, Kerr equalled the national record with a jump of 2.30 m, winning the gold medal at the
Oceania Athletics Championships in
Townsville. He went on to compete at the
Universiade in
Naples, Italy, in July and then the
World Athletics Championships in October in
Doha, Qatar. In February 2021, he improved the national record with 2.31 m at the
Newtown Park Stadium,
Wellington. Later the same year at the postponed
2020 Tokyo Olympics, he finished 10th in the
men's high jump final with a clearance of 2.30 m. Kerr competed at the
2022 World Indoor Championships in
Belgrade, Serbia, in March, where he surpassed the 39-year-old New Zealand indoor record of Roger Te Puni (of 2.16 m) with a bronze medal-winning jump of 2.31 m (tied with
Gianmarco Tamberi). He won the
Oceania Athletics Championships in June that year, jumping 2.24 m. In August, he claimed the gold medal at the
Commonwealth Games held in
Birmingham with a jump of
2.25 m. In February 2023 at the
Banskobystricka latka in
Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, Kerr broke
Tim Forsyth's Oceanian indoor record dating back to 1997 with a clearance of 2.34 m. On 10 August 2024, Kerr won the
gold medal in the final of
men's high jump at the
2024 Summer Olympics in
Paris, having cleared 2.34 m in a jump-off against
Shelby McEwen – the two both had previously cleared 2.36 m in regulation. On 17 September 2025, Kerr won the
high jump at the
2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, equalling his personal best and national record 2.36 m. In December 2025, Kerr was awarded the
Lonsdale Cup by the
New Zealand Olympic Committee. ==References==