Eric Bernotas
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Eric Bernotas AKA Dr. Gravity (born August 5, 1971) is an American former
Early life and education
Bernotas is from West Chester, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Malvern Preparatory School and West Virginia University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and graduated in 1994.[2][unreliable source?]
Athletic career
Bernotas discovered the sport by accident in 2001, after he got lost and ended up at the
Bernotas competed in two
.His best overall seasonal
In March 2011 the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation announced that Bernotas had retired from the sport after a ten-year career.[3] After retiring from competition he became a coach, serving as head coach of the Australian skeleton team from July 2011 to July 2014, when he became the coach of the British World Cup skeleton team.[2]
Personal life
In February 2006, he appeared on The 700 Club where he talked about being a Christian and how his faith plays into his sports career. He said, "God presented this opportunity to me," Eric says. "I believe we all have desires and dreams about things we would like to do. I think wonderful things can be done with pursuing our dreams if we allow the Spirit to work within us. When we take the proper steps and do our best to make the right decisions, there’s a purpose behind what we’re doing. Our dreams are just one awesome way to do what we love and at the same time do God’s work."[4]
Bernotas has
References
- ^ "Eric Bernotas". Eurosport. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ a b "eric bernotas". LinkedIn. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ espn.go.com. 12 March 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Eric Bernotas: Dreaming of Torino - The 700 Club
Other sources
- 2006 men's skeleton results
- "USA Names 2009-2010 World Cup Teams". International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 26 October 2009. Accessed 27 October 2009.
- List of men's skeleton World Cup champions since 1987.
- Men's skeleton world championship medalists since 1989.
- NBCOlympics.com 16 January 2010 on the bobsleigh and skeleton slots for the US Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Archived 23 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 17 January 2010.
- Mixed bobsleigh-skeleton world championship medalists since 2007
External links
- Official website
- Eric Bernotas at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Eric Bernotas at Team USA (archive April 7, 2023)
- Eric Bernotas at Olympics.com
- Eric Bernotas at Olympedia
