Eric Bergoust (born August 27, 1969) is an American freestyle skier. In 1998 Bergoust participated at the
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...
held in Nagano, Japan where he won a gold medal in the freestyle ski jump (aerials).Profile: "Eric Bergoust" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on January 8, 2008)
Bergoust was born in
Missoula, Montana
Missoula ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot and Blackfoot rivers in western Montana and at the convergence of five ...
. 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 five people known to have performed a quadruple flip on snow, along with Frank Bare, Jr.,
Lloyd Langlois
Lloyd Langlois (born November 11, 1962) is a Canadian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, in aerials.Matt Chojnacki and Nicolas Fontaine.