Jeff Bean
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"Jeff Bean" is a Canadian freestyle skiing/freestyle skier.

Bean competes in Aerial skiing/aerials, and made his FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup/World Cup debut in January 1996, and made his first World Cup podium later that season, finishing third in Kirchberg in Tirol/Kirchberg. One year later, Kirchberg was the site of his first two career World Cup wins, as he won events on back-to-back days.

Over his career, Bean placed on the podium at 17 World Cup events, and claimed 4 titles over a 10-year span. His most successful season came in 2003, when he placed 3rd overall in the World Cup standings. His lone medal at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships/World Championships came in FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2005/2005, when he finished second behind countryman Steve Omischl.

Bean competed in three Olympic games, beginning in 1998 Winter Olympics/1998 and ending in 2006 Winter Olympics/2006. His best finish was 4th in Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's aerials/2002, missing out on a medal by only two-tenths of a point.{{cite web

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We're having a good time. But it would be even better if the sun would just stay out.

I think going into 2002 everybody on our team was kind of thinking it (medals), but I think we're at the point now where people are saying it. We're going there and we want to bring home medals and we can. We know what it's going to take to do that once we get there. But we're going over there to bring home something.

Usually, a month or a month and half after the Games, we're insignificant again. It's fun, not just to demonstrate what we don on the trampoline, but to watch the faces of the kids having fun learning about the Olympics.

She lives in her head a lot. That's probably going to be her issue away from jumping for the rest of her life. But the growing up that she's done over the last four or six years is unbelievable. ... She's just opened up.

I didn't lose the worry until I saw her face up top. She was so ready. It was just hers.

He put down virtually a perfect jump. I was at the top. Over the loudspeakers I knew exactly what he had and I knew exactly what that meant. I was in the position where I had to put one down.