CHICAGO — An Olympic ski jumper from McHenry, Ill., has died in a motorcycle crash, officials confirmed Wednesday.
Twenty-four-year-old Patrick Gasienica, who competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, died Monday afternoon in a crash while returning home from work.
The crash occurred in the 1000 block of Cherry Valley Road in Bull Valley. Gasienica was transported to Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, where he was pronounced dead from blunt force trauma, the McHenry County coroner’s office reported.