- Eric Bernotas
Eric Bernotas (born
August 5 ,1971 ) is an American skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. He won two silver medals at the 2007 FIBT World Championships inSt. Moritz , earning them in the men's skeleton and mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team events, respectively.Bernotas also finished sixth in the men's skeleton event at the
2006 Winter Olympics inTurin .His best overall seasonal Skeleton World Cup finish was second in the men's event in 2006-7.
A native of
West Chester, Pennsylvania , Bernotas hasTourette syndrome and has suffered throughalcoholism and depression.References
* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/2006w/Skeleton_Men.html 2006 men's skeleton results]
* [http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100683&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile]
* [http://sports123.com/ske/mwc.html List of men's skeleton World Cup champions since 1987.]
* [http://sports123.com/ske/mw.html Men's skeleton world championship medalists since 1989]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/xw-bst.html Mixed bobsleigh-skeleton world championship medalists since 2007]
*NBCOlympics.com profile (article delinked).
* [http://www.ericbernotas.com Official website]
* [http://www.usoc.org/26_43143.htm United State Olympic Committee profile]
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