Christopher Kyle Carr (born September 15, 1986) is an American short track speed skater who has qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Carr made the World Cup team every year from 2010–13 and helped the United States set the national relay record.

Christopher Kyle Carr was born September 15, 1986, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, to mother Lisa (née Godown, now Cervantes) and father Chris.

[3][6] After his junior year of high school at Governor Mifflin, he moved to Marquette, Michigan, in 2004 to further his training at the US Olympic Education Center.

In the fall, he made the senior World Cup team, and won a gold medal in Slovakia.

[3][5] His high school sweetheart, Siobhan O'Rourke, moved to Marquette and Carr's career turned around thanks to her support.

[2][5] He and O'Rourke moved to Salt Lake City to give Carr's Olympic dream one last shot.

[7] Frustrated, he approached his coach who informed him that the fall did not matter as Carr already had enough points to make the United States' Olympic Team.

[9] Thanks to the anonymous donation of an Atlanta-area businessman through GoFundMe, Carr will be joined in Sochi, Russia, site of the 2014 Olympic games, by his mother.

[4] Previously, Carr, like many of his teammates, used the crowd funding website to help cover his living expenses.

"[6] After retiring, he plans to finish his degree in exercise science and work with elite athletes on their training regimens.

He has volunteered with Operation Christmas Child and has participated in National Multiple Sclerosis Society fundraisers.