American freestyle skier Jeret "Speedy" Peterson, who won a silver medal at the 2010 Vancounver Olympics, was found dead Monday night in a remote Utah canyon after committing suicide.
Peterson was a colorful athlete known for his signature "Hurricane" maneuver, a triple-twisting, double-flipping trick. But he also had problems with depression, as well as with alcohol, and had admitted to thoughts of suicide. His troubles stemmed from childhood, during which he was sexually abused and lost his five-year-old sister to a drunk driver.
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