Nicholas GOEPPER

TOUGH TIMES
He found it difficult to readjust to life after winning bronze in slopestyle at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi and, with the help of his family, he found support at a rehabilitation centre in Texas, United States of America. "That summer of 2014, I really experienced this emotional distress. And it really just started to slide emotionally. There came a point where I was drinking every day, and I was constantly thinking about ways to end my own life. I was flirting, with that idea. I wasn't ballsy or committed enough to actually do it. It was a really messed up way of saying help me, but without saying it to a friend or a family member." (Info 2018)

© Data by Sports Data Warehouse

Three-time Olympic Winter Games slopestyle medallist, winning bronze at Sochi 2014 (in a USA sweep of the podium with Joss Christensen and Gus Kenworthy) and silver at PyeongChang 2018. Won his second-straight silver medal at Beijing 2022.

With his medal at Beijing 2022, he is now the oldest medallist in men’s slopestyle at 27 years, 339 days.

Two-time World Championships slopestyle bronze medallist (2013, 2019).

With five World Cup slopestyle podiums, he has two victories (2013 in Cardrona, 2018 in Seiser Alm).

Four-time X Games gold medallist (2013, 2014, 2015, 2021). After his 2021 win at age 27, six years after his last one. "This win feels incredible, and it’s validating, especially with all the hard work I’ve been putting in. After a few years off the podium, a little self-doubt started to creep in.” (redbull.com)