On This Day: Alexandre Bilodo, who created history by becoming Olympic champion for 2 consecutive times, retired at the age of 26 exactly 9 years ago.
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New Delhi, 2 times Olympic champion, most medals in World Cup… what else does any player want in his career. Fame, success and the success that earned him crores of rupees, every player wants to prolong such a brilliant career and that too at a young age. Athletes try to play even after crossing 35, but Alexandre Bilodeau is one of those players who left his career when he was at the peak.
Bilodo retired when he was in the best form. At that time, in whatever tournament he was entering, he used to return only after winning the title. Born on 8 September 1987 in Canada, Bilodeau is a former freestyle skier. He made his debut at the age of 18.
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first player to defend the title
Even after some time of debut, Bilodo became famous all over the world. In no time, he became Canada’s most successful skier. He won gold medal in 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics. He became the first player in history to defend his Olympic title in this freestyle skiing. Not only this, Bilodo also won the maximum number of medals for Canada in the World Cup. Exactly 9 years before today i.e. on March 21, 2014, he appeared in the World Cup and said goodbye to this game with a win.
earned crores of rupees
At the time of retirement, Bilodo was only 26 years old. He was at the peak of his career at that time. Many medals were yet to come, but he surprised everyone by retiring. After leaving the sport, the Olympic champion focused on his studies and studied as an accountant. Bilodo, who retired at an early age, had earned crores of rupees till then. His net worth is close to Rs 11 crore.
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