Pyeongchang, South Korea — Lawrenceburg native Nick Goepper earned a silver medal at the XXIIII Olympic winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea Sunday.
On his final run in the men’s ski slopestyle the 23-year-old Olympian scored a 93.60, Alex Beaulieu-Marchand earned a bronze medal with a 92.40 and the gold medalist was Oystein Braaten from Norway.
“I’m super proud just to be where I am today,” he said several hours after the competition had ended, and he had time to reflect on not just his accomplishment here but everything that’s transpired in his life. “Several years ago, I don’t know how it got to the point, but there came a time where I had pretty much given up on skiing altogether, had given up on myself, and basically wanted to end it. “And it’s kind of a tough subject to talk about and to understand, but I was really glad that I got the help that I needed and just to be here, living, experiencing all of this. And with a different outlook and perspective and just more maturity, I’m so grateful for everything and I just can’t wait to just keep rolling and keep skiing and just keep hustling because I love what I’m doing.”
Geopper overcame personal problems following the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
