1. Alexandre Bilodeau won a gold medal in the men's moguls at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, becoming the first Canadian to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games held in Canada.
25 Facts About Alexandre Bilodeau
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Alexandre Bilodeau is a three-time FIS World Champion in dual moguls, and is a two-time Worlds silver medallist in moguls.
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In 2006, Alexandre Bilodeau finished 12th at the Olympics and later in the world cup season he became the youngest athlete in history to win a World Cup moguls event.
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Alexandre Bilodeau achieved this together with Vincent Marquis and Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau.
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Alexandre Bilodeau was a member of the Canadian moguls team going to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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Alexandre Bilodeau chose to give his to Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres for cerebral palsy.
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At the Worlds, Alexandre Bilodeau won the silver medal in the moguls event, finishing ahead of countryman Mikael Kingsbury.
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Alexandre Bilodeau went on to win the gold and defend his world title in the dual moguls event after Kingsbury fell navigating the moguls.
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Alexandre Bilodeau confirmed at the TV show "Droit au but" that the 2014 Olympics would be his last.
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Alexandre Bilodeau had taken time away from the sport to focus on his studies for an accounting career at Concordia University.
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At the 2013 World Championships Alexandre Bilodeau placed second behind the upcoming Kingsbury who won his first World Championship.
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Alexandre Bilodeau then went on to compete in the dual moguls final.
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Much of the World Cup season building to the Olympics saw Alexandre Bilodeau seesawing with teammate Kingsbury, with the younger skier getting the better of Alexandre Bilodeau on top of the podium more often as the duo repeatedly placed one-two.
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Yet the two men placed first and second and with the win Alexandre Bilodeau became the first freestyle skiing gold medallist to defend his Olympic title, and first repeat gold medallist.
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Alexandre Bilodeau became the first Canadian to defend their Olympic gold since Catriona Le May Doan repeated her gold medal performance at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics in Utah.
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In 2012 Alexandre Bilodeau was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
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Alexandre Bilodeau was later awarded the Medal of Honour by the National Assembly of Quebec in 2017.
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In 2019, Alexandre Bilodeau was awarded the Order of Sport, marking his induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.
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Alexandre Bilodeau is the son of Serge Alexandre Bilodeau and Sylvie Michaud.
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Alexandre Bilodeau has a younger sister, Beatrice who was a mogul skier on the Canadian national team.
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That decision came shortly after Alexandre Bilodeau saw Jean-Luc Brassard win Olympic gold in moguls at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
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Alexandre Bilodeau graduated from the College Jean-Eudes, a French-language high school in Montreal where he studied sciences.
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In 2014, it was reported that Alexandre Bilodeau was studying accounting at the John Molson School of Business of Concordia University.
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Alexandre Bilodeau says that his heroes are his brother Frederic and Canadian freestyle skier Jean-Luc Brassard.
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Alexandre Bilodeau was a presenter at the 2010 Juno Awards, presenting the award for Album of the Year to Michael Buble.