Jeret Peterson
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Nickname | Speedy | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | December 12, 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | July 25, 2011 (aged 29) Lambs Canyon, Utah | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle Skiing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Men's aerials | ||||||||||||||
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Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (December 12, 1981 – July 25, 2011) was an American World Cup aerial skier from Boise, Idaho, skiing out of Bogus Basin. A three-time Olympian, he won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Peterson was found dead by suicide in Lambs Canyon, a remote canyon between Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah on July 25, 2011. The cause of death was determined to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.