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	In February 2009, he won four straight World Cup events and was part of two Canadian sweeps of the men's podium in moguls. He achieved this together with ] and ]. Following these victories Bilodeau clinched the 2009 overall moguls title on February 20.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tsn.ca/skiing/story/?id=267930&lid=sublink03&lpos=headlines_main\|title=Bilodeau clinches WC moguls title with fourth straight win\|date=2009-02-20\|accessdate=2009-02-20\|publisher=]}}</ref> At the ] he finished eighth in the moguls event and followed that by winning gold in the dual moguls.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tsn.ca/skiing/story/?id=270341&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main\|title=Canada's Bilodeau captures gold in dual moguls at worlds\|publisher=The Sports Network\|date=2009-03-08\|accessdate=2009-03-08}}</ref>		In February 2009, he won four straight World Cup events and was part of two Canadian sweeps of the men's podium in moguls. He achieved this together with ] and ]. Following these victories Bilodeau clinched the 2009 overall moguls title on February 20.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tsn.ca/skiing/story/?id=267930&lid=sublink03&lpos=headlines_main\|title=Bilodeau clinches WC moguls title with fourth straight win\|date=2009-02-20\|accessdate=2009-02-20\|publisher=]}}</ref> At the ] he finished eighth in the moguls event and followed that by winning gold in the dual moguls.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tsn.ca/skiing/story/?id=270341&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main\|title=Canada's Bilodeau captures gold in dual moguls at worlds\|publisher=The Sports Network\|date=2009-03-08\|accessdate=2009-03-08}}</ref>

	Bilodeau will be a member of the Canadian team going to the ] in Vancouver.<ref name=>{{cite news \|author = \|title = Elation, heartbreak highlight freestyle Olympic team \|publisher = ] \|date =25 January 2010 \|url = http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/freestyleskiing/story/2010/01/25/spo-freestyle-team.html \|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref> Bilodeau started out the competition on Sunday, February 14th in favourable conditions. This was unlike the previous day for the women in which they skied in rain, sleet and generally slushy conditions. Bilodeau finished the qualification run in 2nd place overall.<ref name=>{{cite news \|author = \|title = All Canadian men's mogulists qualify for final \|publisher = ] \|date =14 February 2010 \|url = http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-centre/newsid=41513.html#all+canadian+mens+mogulists+qualify+final \|accessdate=2010-02-14}}</ref> In the final, Bilodeau ~~placed~~ ~~1st,~~ ~~making~~ ~~him~~ the first ~~Canadian~~ in ~~history~~ to win ~~Olympic~~ gold at ~~home~~.		Bilodeau will be a member of the Canadian team going to the ] in Vancouver.<ref name=>{{cite news \|author = \|title = Elation, heartbreak highlight freestyle Olympic team \|publisher = ] \|date =25 January 2010 \|url = http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/freestyleskiing/story/2010/01/25/spo-freestyle-team.html \|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref> Bilodeau started out the competition on Sunday, February 14th in favourable conditions. This was unlike the previous day for the women in which they skied in rain, sleet and generally slushy conditions. Bilodeau finished the qualification run in 2nd place overall.<ref name=>{{cite news \|author = \|title = All Canadian men's mogulists qualify for final \|publisher = ] \|date =14 February 2010 \|url = http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-centre/newsid=41513.html#all+canadian+mens+mogulists+qualify+final \|accessdate=2010-02-14}}</ref> In the final Alexandre Bilodeau threw a double back double on the first jump and followed it with an ''iron cross'' on the second. Together with the second fastest run of the night he scored high enough to win the gold. With the gold he became the first Canadian to win a Gold Medal in a Canadian-hosted Olympics.

	On February 14, 2010, Alexandre Bilodeau became the first Canadian to win a Gold Medal in a Canadian-hosted Olympics when he won the Gold in the Men's Moguls in Vancouver.

	==Personal Life==		==Personal Life==

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Alexandre Bilodeau
Personal information
Full name	Alexandre Bilodeau
Nationality	Canada
Sport
Sport	Swimming

Alexandre Bilodeau
Medal record
Representing Canada
Men’s Freestyle skiing
Winter Olympics
	2010 Vancouver	Moguls
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
	2009 Inwashiro	Dual Moguls

Alexandre Bilodeau (born September 8, 1987) is a Canadian freestyle skier from Montreal, Quebec. He is the 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist in Men's Freestyle Moguls, and as such became the first Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal on Canadian soil. Bilodeau currently resides in Rosemere, Quebec.

Career

In 2006, he finished 11th at the Olympics and later in the world cup season became the youngest athlete in history to win a World Cup moguls event. In the 2005-06 overall World Cup standings he managed to finish second and won the FIS rookie of the year title.

In February 2009, he won four straight World Cup events and was part of two Canadian sweeps of the men's podium in moguls. He achieved this together with Vincent Marquis and Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau. Following these victories Bilodeau clinched the 2009 overall moguls title on February 20. At the 2009 Freestyle World Championships he finished eighth in the moguls event and followed that by winning gold in the dual moguls.

Bilodeau will be a member of the Canadian team going to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Bilodeau started out the competition on Sunday, February 14th in favourable conditions. This was unlike the previous day for the women in which they skied in rain, sleet and generally slushy conditions. Bilodeau finished the qualification run in 2nd place overall. In the final Alexandre Bilodeau threw a double back double on the first jump and followed it with an iron cross on the second. Together with the second fastest run of the night he scored high enough to win the gold. With the gold he became the first Canadian to win a Gold Medal in a Canadian-hosted Olympics.

Personal Life

Alexandre has an older brother, Frederic, who was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at a young age and told that he would be unable to walk by the time he was 10. Frederic is currently age 28 and still has the ability to walk, and ski.

World Cup victories

Source

Date February 14, 2010	Location Vancouver BC Canada	Discipline Moguls, Won Gold Medal First Gold medal for 2010 and first Gold metal on home soil for Candad
January 7, 2006	Mont Gabriel, Canada	Moguls
February 4, 2006	Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic	Moguls
February 7, 2009	Cypress, Canada	Moguls
February 13, 2009	Are, Sweden	Moguls
February 14, 2009	Are, Sweden	Dual Moguls
February 20, 2009	Myrkdalen-Voss, Norway	Moguls
March 18, 2009	La Plagne, France	Moguls

World Championship results

Source

Date	Location	Discipline	Event	Result
March 9, 2007	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	Moguls	2007 Freestyle World Championships	14th
March 10, 2007	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	Dual Moguls	2007 Freestyle World Championships	5th
March 7, 2009	Inawashiro, Japan	Moguls	2009 Freestyle World Championships	8th
March 8, 2009	Inawashiro, Japan	Dual Moguls	2009 Freestyle World Championships	Gold

References

http://www.skicanada.org/snowonline/index.cfm?DSP=Article&Act=Detail&ArticleID=4550&IssueID=124 Rookie of the year
"Bilodeau clinches WC moguls title with fourth straight win". The Sports Network. 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
"Canada's Bilodeau captures gold in dual moguls at worlds". The Sports Network. 2009-03-08. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
"Elation, heartbreak highlight freestyle Olympic team". CBC News. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
"All Canadian men's mogulists qualify for final". CTV News. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/freestyle-skiing/news/newsid=9575.html?cid=rssctv

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	In February 2009, he won four straight World Cup events and was part of two Canadian sweeps of the men's podium in moguls. He achieved this together with ] and ]. Following these victories Bilodeau clinched the 2009 overall moguls title on February 20.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tsn.ca/skiing/story/?id=267930&lid=sublink03&lpos=headlines_main\|title=Bilodeau clinches WC moguls title with fourth straight win\|date=2009-02-20\|accessdate=2009-02-20\|publisher=]}}</ref> At the ] he finished eighth in the moguls event and followed that by winning gold in the dual moguls.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tsn.ca/skiing/story/?id=270341&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main\|title=Canada's Bilodeau captures gold in dual moguls at worlds\|publisher=The Sports Network\|date=2009-03-08\|accessdate=2009-03-08}}</ref>		In February 2009, he won four straight World Cup events and was part of two Canadian sweeps of the men's podium in moguls. He achieved this together with ] and ]. Following these victories Bilodeau clinched the 2009 overall moguls title on February 20.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tsn.ca/skiing/story/?id=267930&lid=sublink03&lpos=headlines_main\|title=Bilodeau clinches WC moguls title with fourth straight win\|date=2009-02-20\|accessdate=2009-02-20\|publisher=]}}</ref> At the ] he finished eighth in the moguls event and followed that by winning gold in the dual moguls.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tsn.ca/skiing/story/?id=270341&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main\|title=Canada's Bilodeau captures gold in dual moguls at worlds\|publisher=The Sports Network\|date=2009-03-08\|accessdate=2009-03-08}}</ref>

	Bilodeau will be a member of the Canadian team going to the ] in Vancouver.<ref name=>{{cite news \|author = \|title = Elation, heartbreak highlight freestyle Olympic team \|publisher = ] \|date =25 January 2010 \|url = http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/freestyleskiing/story/2010/01/25/spo-freestyle-team.html \|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref> Bilodeau started out the competition on Sunday, February 14th in favourable conditions. This was unlike the previous day for the women in which they skied in rain, sleet and generally slushy conditions. Bilodeau finished the qualification run in 2nd place overall.<ref name=>{{cite news \|author = \|title = All Canadian men's mogulists qualify for final \|publisher = ] \|date =14 February 2010 \|url = http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-centre/newsid=41513.html#all+canadian+mens+mogulists+qualify+final \|accessdate=2010-02-14}}</ref> In the final, Bilodeau ~~placed~~ ~~1st,~~ ~~making~~ ~~him~~ the first ~~Canadian~~ in ~~history~~ to win ~~Olympic~~ gold at ~~home~~.		Bilodeau will be a member of the Canadian team going to the ] in Vancouver.<ref name=>{{cite news \|author = \|title = Elation, heartbreak highlight freestyle Olympic team \|publisher = ] \|date =25 January 2010 \|url = http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/freestyleskiing/story/2010/01/25/spo-freestyle-team.html \|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref> Bilodeau started out the competition on Sunday, February 14th in favourable conditions. This was unlike the previous day for the women in which they skied in rain, sleet and generally slushy conditions. Bilodeau finished the qualification run in 2nd place overall.<ref name=>{{cite news \|author = \|title = All Canadian men's mogulists qualify for final \|publisher = ] \|date =14 February 2010 \|url = http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-centre/newsid=41513.html#all+canadian+mens+mogulists+qualify+final \|accessdate=2010-02-14}}</ref> In the final Alexandre Bilodeau threw a double back double on the first jump and followed it with an ''iron cross'' on the second. Together with the second fastest run of the night he scored high enough to win the gold. With the gold he became the first Canadian to win a Gold Medal in a Canadian-hosted Olympics.

	On February 14, 2010, Alexandre Bilodeau became the first Canadian to win a Gold Medal in a Canadian-hosted Olympics when he won the Gold in the Men's Moguls in Vancouver.

	==Personal Life==		==Personal Life==