Alexandre Bilodeau
Alexandre Bilodeau ( born September 8, 1987 in Montreal ) is a Canadian freestyle skier. He specializes in the disciplines of moguls and dual moguls ( moguls ) and is one of the world's most successful athletes. Both in 2010 and in 2014 he won at the Olympic Winter Games gold medal in the moguls discipline, three times in a row he was dual moguls world champion. In addition, the gain of the moguls discipline standings and the standings in the 2008 /09 season and two more World Championship medals.
Biography
Bilodeau was also an excellent Aerials Springer in his youth. As a 14 -year-old he was the youngest athlete ever to the managed a triple somersault. After he was taken in the Canadian junior team in 2004, he focused on the Moguls disciplines. In 2005 he was the first to moguls driver ever in a competition a double screw.
On 14 December 2005 Bilodeau took part in the World Cup for the first time in Tignes and was immediately eleventh. During its premiere season 2005/ 06 he won twice and was the youngest winner of a World Cup moguls petition. However, for the 2006 Winter Olympics he was his favorite role can not be just and came on the 11th Place. In the following season 2006/ 07 he won though no competition, but reached the podium four times. Exactly the same was the balance in the 2007/ 08 season.
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 secured both the superior discipline rating as well as the overall standings. In addition, he won the gold medal in the discipline dual moguls at the 2009 World Championships in Inawashiro. After he had been three times on the podium in the 2009/10 season, he won the gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and let the favored Australian Dale Begg -Smith behind. This was the first victory of a Canadian at the Olympic Games in their own country.
In the 2010/11 season Bilodeau won in four competitions and was second twice and third once. At the 2011 World Championships in Deer Valley, he defended his world title in Dual Moguls, he also won the silver medal in the moguls competition. Due to injury, he was a late start in the season 2011/ 12, but still scored a podium finish. In the winter of 2012/13 he scored nine podium finishes, including four wins. At the World Cup 2013 in Voss, he won the dual moguls gold medal, making him the first male freestylers ever, one behind the other in the same discipline became world champion three times; added was the silver medal in the moguls competition.
Bilodeau started the World Cup season 2013/14 with three second places in a row, one behind Mikaël Kingsbury. In January 2014 he scored three successive World Cup victories, which he scored at the Olympic Winter Games 2014 the most cited favorite for the gold medal. In Sochi, he lived up to expectations and repeated his Olympic victory. In Moguls World Cup and in the overall World Cup standings, he ultimately had to admit defeat Kingsbury, despite a further victory.
Achievements
Olympic games
- Turin 2006: 11 Moguls
- Vancouver 2010: 1 Moguls
- Sochi 2014: 1 Moguls
World Championships
- Madonna di Campiglio, 2007: 5 Dual Moguls, Moguls 14
- Inawashiro 2009: 1st Dual Moguls, Moguls 8
- Deer Valley 2011: 1st Dual Moguls, Moguls 2
- Voss 2013: first dual moguls 2
World Cup ratings
- Season 2005/ 06: 6 Overall World Cup, 2nd Mogul World Cup
- Season 2006/ 07: 7 Overall World Cup, 3rd World Cup Moguls
- Season 2007/ 08: 4 - Mogul World Cup
- Season 2008/ 09: 1 World Cup, 1 World Cup Moguls
- Season 2009/ 10: 4 - Mogul World Cup
- Season 2010/ 11: 3 Overall World Cup, 2nd Mogul World Cup
- 2012/13 season: 2nd Overall World Cup, 2nd Mogul World Cup
- 2013/14 season: 2nd Overall World Cup, 2nd Mogul World Cup
World Cup wins
Bilodeau won so far 48 podiums, 19 wins: