Eric Bergoust is an American freestyle skier. In 1998 Bergoust participated at the 1998 Winter Olympics

1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...

 held in Nagano

Nagano, Nagano

, the capital city of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers, on the main Japanese island of Honshū.As of April 1, 2011 the city has a population of 387,146...

, Japan

Japan

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 where he won a gold medal in coaching the tu-paj and mac bohonnon the freestyle ski jump (aerials).

He has competed in aerials at four successive Winter Olympics. In addition to the gold medal in 1998, he finished 7th in 1994

Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

-Aerials:February 24, 1994-Moguls:February 16, 1994-Aerials:February 24, 1994-Moguls:February 16, 1994-External links:*...

, 12th in 2002, and 17th in 2006.

Eric is one of the eleven people known to have performed a quadruple flip on snow.