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Eric
Bergoust
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| Beginnings | Eric was born on August 27th 1969 Missoula, MT |
| Family | Brother, Todd Sister, Debbie |
| Sport | Freestyle skiing |
| Interests | gymnastics, motorcycles, Techno
music, and sci-fi TV shows like the Twilight Zone |
| Accomplishments | 1998 Nagano gold medallist 1999 World Ariel champion 1999 Goodwill Games gold medallist 1997 World Cup silver medallist 1997 World Freestyle Championships silver medal Eric holds the highest score ever - 257.21 |
| Interesting facts | He became interested in his sport when he saw it on television on an 1985 ESPN competition. |
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History of Freestyle Skiing
In the year 1960 the sport freestyle skiing (one
of the many forms of skiing) came into the mind of a man named Stein
Erikson of Norway. Erikson was a down hill slalom gold
medallist in 1952. After the Olympics Erikson decided to
try and make some money. So he found a fair sized snow bank and charged
$1,000 a show to do back flips on his skiis off a snow
bank.
Then in 1966, Peter Pinkham took the
sport one step closer to the Olympics by organizing the first freestyle
skiing competition. It was held in Attitash, New Hampshire. After this
first competition, the new sport started to become popular.
People were getting seriously injured from crashes. Then the sport became
less popular until the 1980's when the sport had its first world cup
competition. The first competitions were held in the United States in
1983. Later on in 1986, the first world Championships were held in Finges,
France. This was the site of the freestyle skiing competition in the 1992
Olympics. Then in 1988, the Calgary Olympic freestyle skiing
competition was greeted by large crowds of excited fans. In 1994,
freestyle skiing became a medal event in the
Olympics.
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The Country Eric Bergoust Represented
The United States is located in the northern hemisphere of the world. It's made up of about 250,000,000 people and more are born every minute. There are 50 states in the U.S. including Hawaii and Alaska. There are many plains, mountains and other natural wonders. The U.S. is a great and mostly peaceful place to live.
