Editing Mark Rogowski (section)

{{short description|American convicted murderer and rapist, former skateboarder}}
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{{Infobox criminal
| name              = Mark Rogowski
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| birth_name        = Mark Anthony Rogowski
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1966|08|10}}
| birth_place       = [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York (U.S. state)|New York]], U.S.
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| alias             = Gator
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| conviction        = [[First degree murder]]<br>[[Forcible rape]]
| conviction_penalty = 31 years to life in prison
| conviction_status = [[Incarcerated]]
| occupation        = Skateboarder
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'''Mark Anthony "Gator" Rogowski''' (born August 10, 1966)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark "Gator" Rogowski, Skaterboarder: Jessica Bergsten's Killer |url=http://sports.rightpundits.com/?p=5865 |last=Miriam |date=February 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233818/http://sports.rightpundits.com/?p=5865 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref> is an American former [[professional skateboarding|professional skateboarder]] who was convicted of murder. He was mainly prominent in the 1980s and early 1990s. Rogowski's career ended when he pled guilty for [[assault]]ing, [[rape|raping]], and [[murder]]ing Jessica Bergsten in 1991. His life was chronicled in a critically acclaimed 2003 documentary titled ''[[Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator]]'' by American filmmaker [[Helen Stickler]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legendary 80s skateboarder Mark 'Gator' Rogowski raped and murdered Jessica Bergsten - Shattered |url=https://www.monstersandcritics.com/true-crime/legendary-80s-skateboarder-mark-gator-rogowski-raped-and-murdered-jessica-bergstrom/ |date=November 21, 2018}}</ref>