Alex Bellemare

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Alex Bellemare
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Alex Bellemare is a Canadian skier from Saint-Boniface, Quebec. He has competed in numerous skiing events, such as the Winter X Games. In Aspen 2015, he took Bronze at the Winter X Games XIX in Slopestyle Skiing. [1] [2] Alex also represented Canada in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

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References

  1. "Canadians Dara Howell, Alex Bellemare win bronze at Winter X Games". Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. Bélanger-Champagne, Alexis. "Bellemare et Howell en bronze aux X Games". Metro Montreal. Retrieved 26 January 2015.