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'''Eric Bergoust''' (born August 27, 1969) is an American freestyle skier. In 1998 Bergoust participated at the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] held in [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]], Japan where he won a gold medal in the freestyle ski jump (aerials).<ref name=db-ol>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BERGOERI01 Profile: "Eric Bergoust"] ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on January 8, 2008)</ref><ref name=bergoust2>{{cite web |title=125 Montana Newsmakers: Eric Bergoust |url=http://www.greatfallstribune.com/multimedia/125newsmakers4/bergoust.html |work=Great Falls Tribune |author=Tribune Staff |accessdate=August 24, 2011}}</ref>
'''Eric Bergoust''' (born August 27, 1969) is an American freestyle skier. In 1998 Bergoust participated at the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] held in [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]], Japan where he won a gold medal in the freestyle ski jump (aerials).<ref name=db-ol>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BERGOERI01 Profile: "Eric Bergoust"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827095539/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BERGOERI01 |date=2007-08-27 }} ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on January 8, 2008)</ref><ref name=bergoust2>{{cite web |title=125 Montana Newsmakers: Eric Bergoust |url=http://www.greatfallstribune.com/multimedia/125newsmakers4/bergoust.html |work=Great Falls Tribune |author=Tribune Staff |accessdate=August 24, 2011}}</ref>


Bergoust was born in [[Missoula, Montana]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/eric-bergoust-1.html |title=Eric Bergoust |accessdate=April 29, 2015}}</ref> He has competed in aerials at four successive Winter Olympics. In addition to the gold medal in 1998, he finished [[Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|7th in 1994]], 12th in 2002, and 17th in 2006.
Bergoust was born in [[Missoula, Montana]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/eric-bergoust-1.html |title=Eric Bergoust |accessdate=April 29, 2015}}</ref> He has competed in aerials at four successive Winter Olympics. In addition to the gold medal in 1998, he finished [[Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|7th in 1994]], 12th in 2002, and 17th in 2006.

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Eric Bergoust
Personal information
BornAugust 27, 1969 (1969-08-27) (age 54)
Missoula, Montana, U.S.
Medal record
Men’s freestyle skiing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano Aerials
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Meiringen-Hasliberg Aerials
Silver medal – second place 1997 Iizuna Kogen Aerials

Eric Bergoust (born August 27, 1969) is an American freestyle skier. In 1998 Bergoust participated at the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan where he won a gold medal in the freestyle ski jump (aerials).[1][2]

Bergoust was born in Missoula, Montana.[3] He has competed in aerials at four successive Winter Olympics. In addition to the gold medal in 1998, he finished 7th in 1994, 12th in 2002, and 17th in 2006.

He is one of the five people known to have performed a quadruple flip on snow Frank Bare, Jr., Lloyd Langlois, Matt Chojnacki, Nicolas Fontaine.

References

  1. ^ Profile: "Eric Bergoust" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 8, 2008)
  2. ^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Eric Bergoust". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eric Bergoust". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved April 29, 2015.


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