Olympics Ski Jumper Patrick Gasienica Dies In A Motorcycle Crash

In a statement released on Tuesday, USA Nordic Sport and U.S. Ski & Snowboard revealed that Patrick Gasienica, who represented the United States in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, passed away on Monday. He was 24.

Olympics Ski Jumper Patrick Gasienica Dies In A Motorcycle Crash

According to The Daily Herald, the player was engaged in a motorbike accident on his way home from work on Monday in his hometown Illinois, where Gasienica hails from.

According to the Bull Valley Police Department, the incident happened on Monday night in the community of Bull Valley in the far northwest suburbs of Chicago.

In the press announcement from USA Nordic, no cause of death was mentioned.

At the Beijing Olympics, Gasienica placed 49th and 53rd in individual competitions, and 10th in a team event alongside Casey Larson, Kevin Bickner, and Decker Dean.

“We don’t really have a lot of jumpers, but it’s getting better,” Gasienica said last year in China. “Especially since the pandemic, a lot of different kids are joining the different clubs around America. Hopefully in a couple of years — five, 10, maybe — we’ll have a really, really great team.”

Gasienica finished fourth in the Olympic Trials in December 2021, and he later competed for the United States in the men’s quartet that finished tenth at the Olympics. In his first Olympic competition, he finished 53rd on the big hill and 49th on the small hill individually.

This past season, he took part in one international competition, the Continental Cup in Iron Mountain, Michigan, in March, where his best placing was 37th.

Gasienica joined clubmates in the 2022 Olympic ski jumping squad after completing his training at the Norge Ski Club outside of Chicago: Bickner and Larson are Kevin

A family of Polish immigrants from Zakopane, which boasts a ski jumping hill and holds international competitions, gave birth to Gasienica in the United States. Ski jumpers included his father, uncle, and grandpa.

 

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