(Early life)

            My topic is about a skier who changed the thought of Canadians. That skier is Alexandre Bilodeau. Alexandre Bilodeau was born in September 8, 1987. He was born in Rosemere Quebec. Alexandre is 23 years old. Alexandre’s parents are Serge Bilodeau and Sylvie Michaud. Alexandre has two siblings.  Alexandre has one older than him and one younger. His older sibling is his brother Friedrich Bilodeau and his younger sibling is his sister Beatrice Bilodeau. His brother is 27 years old and his sister is 16 years old. When Alexandre was younger his brother his sister and he always went to the rink. His mom got tired or always driving them there and picking them up so she asked Alexandre if he wanted to sign up for moguls and try it out sometime. After Alexandre thought about it he put down hockey and tried moguls. Now look where he is.

(Later life)

Alexandre has a lot of training in his life. Some people might say why is he training he is really good he doesn’t have to. But people got to know everyone needs practice. Alexandre Bilodeau has been doing moguls since he was seven years old. Alexandre is really good at what he does and he has a lot of stuff to show that he is. In 2006 Alexandre Bilodeau came in 11^th place in moguls at the winter Olympics. In 2009 in the world skiing championship Alexandre came in 9^th place but came in 1^st place in the dual moguls at the same championship. In 2010 he won a gold medal for free style skiing and he is the first ever Canadian to win Olympic gold on Canadian soil.

(Alexandre and Friedrich)

Alexandre And his brother Friedrich are very close. When Friedrich was born he was born with something called cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is permanent damage to the brain when you are born.  The palsy part in Cerebral palsy means disability to move body parts. He also has some problems with posture. Posture is the disability of sitting up straight. If you have good posture you sit up fine and don’t sag in a direction. But if you have bad posture you tend to sag in directions and have troubles sitting up and standing up. The cerebral part in cerebral palsy is the brain damage part. Cerebral means brain damage and you get it at birth. Cerebral palsy gives a person disabilities and incapability’s.

Symptoms or cerebral palsy

·        Has difficulty feeding

·        Lies down in awkward positions.

·        Can be easily startled.

·        Favors one side of the body over the other.

Alexandre’s brother never complains. Alexandre said “My brother never complains about his disabilities and incapability’s so when you see someone with his condition and never complaining you stop complaining and then say I can be champion”. Alexandre also said “My brother Friedrich is my biggest inspiration”. Alexandre now supports the Cerebral palsy association in Quebec.

(Other stuff)

            Besides Alexandre’s skiing career he also likes to play the piano. Alexandre listens to a lot of music but his favourite music is classic music and country music. If Alexandre wasn’t an athlete he would love to be a fighter jet pilot. Alexandre’s skiing coach for the moguls is Dominick Gauthier. Alexandre in 2006 was named the rookie of the year and he got an award.

(So what)

What has Alexandre Bilodeau done for Canadian heritage? What Alexandre has done was huge for Canada. Alexandre was the first ever Canadian to win Olympic gold on Canadian soil. Usually when people win they don’t talk to anyone they just tell them to get out of their faces. Mostly everyone but not Alexandre. When Alexandre won he ran right to his brother Friedrich. When Alexandre won he let the press talk to him and ask him stuff when most people would just tell them to leave them. So what has Alexandre Bilodeau done to the Canadian heritage? What Alexandre Bilodeau has done is win the first ever Olympic gold medal on Canadian soil being a Canadian. Alexandre also made other Canadian athletes think they can win the gold. Alexandre Bilodeau has made alot of Canadians happy by bringing them gold and then making other Olympic athletes get more confidence and bring more gold to Canada.

(What)     

             What has Alexandre Bilodeau done for Canadian Heritage? Alexandre Bilodeau is the first ever Canadian athlete to win Olympic gold on Canadian soil. Alexandre said most of the reason he won was because of his brother Friedrich because he never lost hope in him and always cheered him on. Alexandre is a very nice athlete who doesn't normally get mad and says good job to everyone that he faces and beats or loses to. Usually people who win a gold or silver or bronze try and run away from the press but Alexandre didn't. He let the press talk to him and ask him questions. Alexandre is a very good athlete and he is now showing it and wanting people to know who he is.

    

           

(Now What)

            Now how did Alexandre Bilodeau impact the Canadian heritage? He impacted the Canadian heritage when her was the first ever Canadian to win Olympic gold on Canadian soil. Alexandre made other Canadian athletes think they could win gold and be the next to win gold being a Canadian and winning it on Canadian soil. He also impacted the Canadian fans. By that I mean he made the fans more jumpy and more energetic and the fans now cheer the Canadian athletes on even more than before.