Jeret Peterson has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He's featured in this 2010 video after winning silver medal.
The Vancouver silver medal winner had battled depression, gambling and alcoholism
Freestyle skier Jeret "Speedy" Peterson, who won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Games, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police in Utah said Tuesday.
CYPRESS MOUNTAIN, British Columbia -- Jeret (Speedy) Peterson stood on his skis, a hundred feet above the kicker that would fling him five stories into the air, toward his destiny. After nodding as U.S. aerials head coach Matt Christensen ticked off a few technical reminders, Peterson put the finishing touches on his ritual. Before hitting his boots and taking off, he said what he always says to himself in that situation:
Han Xiaopeng won China's first Olympic gold medal on snow when he triumphed in the men's freestyle skiing aerials.
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