{"id":426930,"date":"2023-06-14T19:10:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T19:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=426930"},"modified":"2023-06-14T19:10:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T19:10:24","slug":"olympics-ski-jumper-patrick-gasienica-dies-in-a-motorcycle-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/olympics-ski-jumper-patrick-gasienica-dies-in-a-motorcycle-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics Ski Jumper Patrick Gasienica Dies In A Motorcycle Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement released on Tuesday, USA Nordic Sport and U.S. Ski &amp; Snowboard revealed that Patrick Gasienica, who represented the United States in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, passed away on Monday. He was 24.<\/p>\n<h2>Olympics Ski Jumper Patrick Gasienica Dies In A Motorcycle Crash<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are deeply saddened by the passing off Patrick Gasienica, an incredible athlete, teammate and person.<\/p>\n<p>Sending love to his family, friends and the entire ski jumping community.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Am98cdHV6L\">https:\/\/t.co\/Am98cdHV6L<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2mCkcSvshB\">pic.twitter.com\/2mCkcSvshB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Ski &amp; Snowboard Team (@usskiteam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usskiteam\/status\/1668713230129319937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the press announcement from USA Nordic, no cause of death was mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The man I love tragically died in a motorcycle accident yesterday. Please consider donating to his memorial fund.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PU650tg6OO\">https:\/\/t.co\/PU650tg6OO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katie \ud83e\udd8b || OF nude art model (@ayeayejonah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ayeayejonah\/status\/1668725259497766913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t really have a lot of jumpers, but it&#8217;s getting better,&#8221; Gasienica said last year in China. &#8220;Especially since the pandemic, a lot of different kids are joining the different clubs around America. Hopefully in a couple of years &#8212; five, 10, maybe &#8212; we&#8217;ll have a really, really great team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gasienica finished fourth in the Olympic Trials in December 2021, and he later competed for the United States in the men&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">USA Nordic and the Ski Jumping community are saddened to hear about the passing of Patrick Gasienica.<\/p>\n<p>A 2022 Beijing Winter Olympian, Patrick was an incredible competitor, teammate and friend. He will be dearly missed.<\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace, Patrick\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SkiJumpingFamily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SkiJumpingFamily<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamUSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamUSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wEbLIfbCWc\">pic.twitter.com\/wEbLIfbCWc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; USA Nordic (@usanordic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usanordic\/status\/1668759332882874369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ski Jumper &#39;Patrick Gasienica&#39; Dies Tragically in DEADLY Motorcycle Accident\ud83d\udd4a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EBce9Kfqci\">pic.twitter.com\/EBce9Kfqci<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MOS WIZY (@wizy_mos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wizy_mos\/status\/1668674606436065289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>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. 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Olympics Ski Jumper Patrick Gasienica Dies In A Motorcycle Crash According to The Daily Herald, the player was engaged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":426931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9481,9484,9482,9485,9483,9480],"class_list":["post-426930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-patrick-gasienica","tag-patrick-gasienica-age","tag-patrick-gasienica-dead","tag-patrick-gasienica-medals","tag-patrick-gasienica-motorcycle-crash","tag-ski-jumper-patrick-gasienica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}