Alexandre Bilodeau

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Alexandre Bilodeau Freestyle skiing
Alexandre Bilodeau with gold medal (4) .jpg
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday September 8, 1987
place of birth Montreal
size 176 cm
Weight 76 kg
Career
discipline Moguls, dual moguls
status resigned
End of career 2014
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships 3 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 2010 Vancouver Moguls
gold 2014 Sochi Moguls
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships
gold Inawashiro 2009 Dual moguls
gold Deer Valley 2011 Dual moguls
silver Deer Valley 2011 Moguls
gold Voss 2013 Dual moguls
silver Voss 2013 Moguls
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup December 14, 2005
 World Cup victories 19th
 Overall World Cup 1. ( 2008/09 )
 Mughal World Cup 1. (2008/09)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Moguls 11 15th 8th
 Dual moguls 8th 5 1
 

Alexandre Bilodeau (born September 8, 1987 in Montreal ) is a former Canadian freestyle skier . He specialized in the disciplines of moguls and dual moguls ( moguls ) and is one of the world's most successful athletes. In both 2010 and 2014 he won the gold medal in the Moguls discipline at the Winter Olympics, three times in a row he was dual-Moguls world champion. In addition, he won the Moguls discipline ranking and the overall ranking in the 2008/09 season as well as two further World Cup medals.

Career

Bilodeau was also an excellent aerials jumper in his youth. As a 14-year-old, he was the youngest athlete ever to do a triple somersault . After joining the Canadian junior squad in 2004, he focused on the Mughal disciplines. In 2005 he was the first mogul skier ever to show a double screw in a competition .

On December 14, 2005, Bilodeau took part in the World Cup for the first time in Tignes and was immediately eleventh. During its inaugural 2005/06 season, he won twice, making it the youngest ever Mogul World Cup winner. At the 2006 Winter Olympics , however, he could not live up to his role as a favorite and came in 11th place. In the following season 2006/07 he won no competition, but reached a podium four times. The 2007/08 season was exactly the same.

The 2008/09 season dominated Bilodeau almost at will. With five World Cup victories (including four in a row in February 2009) and three second places, he superiorly secured both the discipline ranking and the overall ranking. In addition, he won the gold medal in the dual moguls discipline at the 2009 World Cup in Inawashiro . After he stood on the podium three times in the 2009/10 season, he was able to win the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics and leave favored Australian Dale Begg-Smith behind. It was the first time a Canadian had won an Olympic Games in their own country.

In the 2010/11 season, Bilodeau won four competitions and was second twice and third once. At the 2011 World Championships in Deer Valley , he defended his world title in the Dual Moguls, and he also won the silver medal in the Moguls competition. Due to an injury he was only able to start the 2011/12 season late, but still achieved a podium. In winter 2012/13 he achieved nine podium places, including four victories. At the 2013 World Championships in Voss , he won the Dual Moguls gold medal, making him the first male freestyler ever to become world champion three times in a row in the same discipline; in addition there was the silver medal in the Mughal competition.

Bilodeau started the 2013/14 World Cup season with three second places in a row, each behind Mikaël Kingsbury . In January 2014 he won three World Cup victories in a row, making him one of the most popular favorites for the gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics . In Sochi he lived up to expectations and repeated his Olympic victory. In the Moguls World Cup and in the overall World Cup standings, he ultimately had to admit defeat Kingsbury despite another victory.

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World Cup ratings

World Cup victories

Bilodeau has achieved 48 podiums so far, including 19 wins:

date place country discipline
January 7, 2006 Mont Gabriel Canada Moguls
February 4, 2006 Špindlerův Mlýn Czech Republic Moguls
February 7, 2009 Cypress Mountain Canada Moguls
February 13, 2009 Are Sweden Moguls
February 14, 2009 Are Sweden Dual moguls
February 20, 2009 Voss Norway Moguls
March 18, 2009 La Plagne France Moguls
January 15, 2011 Mont Gabriel Canada Dual moguls
February 26, 2011 Mariánské Lázně Czech Republic Dual moguls
March 11, 2011 Are Sweden Moguls
March 12, 2011 Are Sweden Dual moguls
February 2, 2013 Deer Valley United States Dual moguls
March 15, 2012 Are Sweden Moguls
March 16, 2013 Are Sweden Dual moguls
22th of March 2013 Sierra Nevada Spain Dual moguls
January 11, 2014 Deer Valley United States Moguls
15th January 2014 Lake Placid United States Moguls
19th January 2014 Val Saint-Côme Canada Moguls
March 21, 2014 La Plagne France Dual moguls

More Achievements

  • 1 Canadian Championship (2006)
  • 2 wins in the Nor-Am-Cup

Web links

Commons : Alexandre Bilodeau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Time to say good-bye: Freestyle Skiing retirements ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. April 30, 2014. Archived from the original on September 2, 2015. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 5, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fis-ski.com
personal data
SURNAME Bilodeau, Alexandre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian freestyle skier
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Canada