Troy Murphy (born June 13, 1992) is an American
freestyle skier
Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...
from Maine. He came in 4th in the
Men's Moguls competition in the
2018 Winter Olympics
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, athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women)
, events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
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, opened_by = President Moon Jae-in
, cauldron = Kim Yun-a
, stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
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. He's since achieved notoriety on social media for portraying a character named Donny Pelletier, an out-of-control hot dogger with a wicked Maine accent and a penchant for swilling
Moxie
Moxie is a brand of carbonated beverage that is among the first mass-produced soft drinks in the United States. It was created around 1876 by Augustin Thompson as a patent medicine called "Moxie Nerve Food" and was produced in Lowell, Massac ...
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Troy graduated from Gould Academy in 2010.
References
1992 births
Living people
People from Bethel, Maine
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
American male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
21st-century American sportsmen
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