Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (December 12, 1981 – July 25, 2011[1]) was an American World Cup aerial skier from Boise, Idaho, skiing out of Bogus Basin.

He was an alumnus of Timberline High School in Boise, and was one of the six athletes featured on the Week 6 episode of The Biggest Loser: Couples 3.

Entering the Olympic finals in fifth place, he successfully landed his signature "Hurricane" maneuver (5 twists, 3 flips) to win the silver medal.

Peterson also had problems with alcohol and depression and admitted he had his own thoughts of suicide, stemming from child sexual abuse and the death of his sister, Kim, who was killed by a drunk driver in 1987.

[9] Peterson's death was discussed in The Weight of Gold (2020), an HBO Sports Documentary which "explor(es) the mental health challenges that Olympic athletes often face.