Jeremy Bloom

{{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalSport | Men’s [[freestyle skiing]]}} {{MedalSport | [[FIS Freestyle World Skiing]]}} {{MedalGold| [[World Cup Overall Champion 2002]]|Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[World Cup Overall Champion 2005]]|Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[World Championships 2003|2003 Deer Valley]]|Dual Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[Sauze D'Oulx ITA World Cup 2005]]|Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[Naeba JPN World Cup 2005]]|Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[Inawashiro JPN World Cup 2005]]|Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[Inawashiro JPN World Cup 2005]]|Dual Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[Deer Valley, UT USA World Cup 2005]]|Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[Deer Valley, UT USA World Cup 2005]]|Dual Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[Spindleruv Mlyn CZE World Cup 2004]]|Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[Madarao JPN World Cup 2003]]|Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[Steamboat USA World Cup 2003]]|Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[Lake Placid, NY USA World Cup 2002]]|Moguls}} {{MedalGold| [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2003|2003 Deer Valley]]|Dual Moguls}} {{MedalSilver| [[FIS Freestyle World Championships 2003|2003 Deer Valley]]|Moguls}} {{MedalBronze| [[FIS Freestyle World Championships 2005|2005 Ruka]]|Dual Moguls}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Jeremy Ryan Bloom''' is a three-time [[World Champion]], two-time [[Olympic Games|Olympian]] and eleven-time World Cup gold medalist in [[mogul skiing|freestyle moguls skiing]]. In 2005, he won a record six straight [[FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup|World Cup]] events, the most in a single season in the sport's history. He was an All-American football player at the [[Colorado Buffaloes|University of Colorado]] and has played professional [[American football]] as a wide receiver and return specialist in the [[National Football League]] for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] and the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]. In January 2008, Bloom founded the Wish of a Lifetime Charity, which grants lifelong wishes to 80, 90, & 100+ year old people (Seniorwish.org). In April 2010, Bloom co-founded the internet company Integrate.com. On December 14, 2010 The Foundry Group invested $4.25 million into the start-up and on June 21, Integrate was named as the "Best New Company" at the 2011 American Business Awards in New York City. In March 2012, Integrate.com received an $11 million investment from Comcast Ventures and Liberty Global.<ref>http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/03/22/jeremy-blooms-company-lands-11m-from.html</ref> On December 19th, 2011 Forbes Magazine named Bloom to it's 30 under 30 list of influential people in technology. The company has offices in [[Denver, Colorado]], [[Scottsdale, Arizona]] and [[New York City, New York]]. Bloom is also a Fox Sports college football analyst and worked for [[NBC]] as on-air talent at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. ==Personal life== Bloom was born in [[Loveland, Colorado]] he helped lead both his football and track teams to state championships. Bloom was the [[quarterback]] (and a [[defensive back]]) on the freshman team. He switched to receiver his sophomore year and played on the [[junior varsity]] football team. As a senior, his most notable game was a 35–12 win over [[Lakewood, Colorado|Lakewood]] in the 2000 state playoffs, where he broke three school records with nine receptions for {{convert|204|yd|m}} and four [[touchdown]]s. He accepted a full scholarship to play college football at the [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]]. As a track athlete, Bloom helped lead his high school track team to back-to-back Class 5A state championship titles his junior and senior year. He competed in the 100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m and 4x400 meter. Bloom has also studied [[karate]] since the age of 5 and earned a first degree black belt at the age of 12. He continues to study [[mixed martial arts]]. Bloom completed a real estate and finance entrepreneurship degree at The Wharton Business School of Pennsylvania in 2006. Bloom now lives in [[New York City, New York]].<ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/03/21/integrate-co-founder-takes-lessons-from-gridiron-into-the-boardroom/</ref><ref>http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremybloom11</ref> ==Skiing career== Bloom grew up skiing in [[Keystone, Colorado]]. By the age of 15, Bloom became the youngest male freestyle skier to ever make The United States Ski Team. By the age of 14, Bloom was a National Champion and by the age of 19 he was a World Champion. From 2002 to 2004 he performed a balancing act with his university school work, college football and the world cup skiing tour. One month after he was named to the 1st Team Freshman All American list for college football, he won the World Championship Dual's Gold Medal at the 2003 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in Deer Valley, Utah. In 2005 he dominated FIS World Cup Tour becoming the first freestyle skier to ever win six straight races in a single season. He ended 2005 as the #1 ranked freestyle skier in the world and number one in moguls for the second time (also 2002). After the 2006 Olympics, Bloom decided to focus his attention solely on football. However, on November 24, 2008, he announced his intention to attend the United States ski team's training camp to assess the possibility of a 2010 return to Olympic skiing.<ref>{{cite news |author= Associated Press|authorlink= Associated Press|title= Bloom returning to US team|url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/11/24/bloom.returning.to.us.team.ap/index.html|publisher= [[si.com]]|date= November 24, 2008|accessdate=November 24, 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> On December 16, 2008, Bloom was added to the 39 man roster of the U.S. Ski Team. ==College football career== Bloom is a former [[wide receiver]] and [[punt returner]] for the [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]] football team. As a freshman he was selected to the first-team Freshman All-America list by both the FWAA and collegefootballnews.com. He set many school records during his two years playing football for the Colorado Buffaloes, including a {{convert|96|yd|m|adj=on}} touchdown reception, the longest in school history. He had five career plays of {{convert|75|yd|m}} or longer (two receptions, two punt returns, one kickoff return), tied with [[Byron White]] for the second most in school history. After a long fought battle with the [[NCAA]] to keep his skiing hopes alive for the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] the NCAA declared him permanently ineligible, cutting short his college football career by two years. He went on to regain his #1 in the world skiing ranking in 2005 and competed for the United States in the 2006 Olympics. Two days after the Turin Olympics Bloom flew to [[Indianapolis]] to compete in the [[NFL Combine]]. ==Professional football career== ===Philadelphia Eagles=== On April 30, 2006, Bloom was selected by the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] in the [[2006 NFL Draft#Round five|fifth round (147th overall)]] of the [[2006 NFL Draft]]. He was featured in the NFL's TV show ''Hey Rookie, Welcome To The NFL''. He practiced with the team all through mini-camp as a punt and kick returner, but injured his [[hamstring]] during training camp. Due to this injury, he was placed on [[injured reserve]] and remained with the team for the [[2006 NFL season|2006 season]]. He was later released by the Eagles. ===Pittsburgh Steelers=== On December 31, 2007, Bloom was signed by the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] in preparation for the 2008 AFC playoff game against the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]]. He began [[2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season|2008 training camp]] with the Pittsburgh Steelers.<ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Harris |title=Going for the Black & Gold |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_580008.html?source=rss&feed=9 |publisher=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]] |date=July 29, 2008 |accessdate=July 29, 2008}}</ref> However, he was released by the Steelers on August 25, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |author= Associated Press|authorlink= Associated Press|title= Jeremy Bloom out in Steelers’ first roster cut|url= http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-steelersmoves&prov=ap&type=lgns|work= NFL|publisher= [[Yahoo! Sports]]|date= August 25, 2008|accessdate=August 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= Ray|last= Fittipaldo|title= Steelers name Hartwig starting center, make first cuts|url= http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08238/906879-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml|publisher= [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date= August 25, 2008|accessdate=August 25, 2008}}</ref> == Philanthropy== In the spring of 2008, Bloom launched The Donna Wheeler Foundation. Based in his home state of Colorado, the foundation was originally named in honor of his 82-year-old grandmother. The name was later changed to the Jeremy Bloom Wish of a Lifetime Foundation in order "to establish a solid brand identity."<ref>http://www.seniorwish.org/</ref> The [[non-profit]], [[501(c)(3)]] foundation's mission is to help low income [[elderly|seniors]] experience their lifelong wishes. ==Other ventures== Leading up to the 2006 NFL draft, Bloom, along with fellow rookies [[Vernon Davis]] and [[A. J. Hawk]], appeared in ads for [[Under Armour]]'s new line of football cleats, with the [[slogan]] "Click Clack (I think they hear us coming)." He was also the feature in an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Olympic commercial and 80-hour fitness commercial. Bloom has also landed modeling jobs with [[Tommy Hilfiger]], [[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (''A&F:Rising Stars'' Christmas 2004), [[GQ Magazine]] and ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' magazine. He is also a frequent guest host on ''Video Stew'' on [[Palladia]] and is a [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]] for the channel. He has appeared on magazine covers; ''Cargo'', ''Outside'', ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' on Campus, ''Hooked on the Outdoors and ''Mile High Sports''. In March 2003, Bloom won the 30th annual CBS [[Superstars]] Competition in [[Jamaica]]; he defeated 9 professional athletes that included the likes of; [[Dexter Jackson]]{{dn|date=March 2012}}, [[Ahman Green]], [[Will Allen (cornerback)|Will Allen]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TWO-SPORT+STAR+IS+READY+TO+BLOOM.%28Sports%29-a0142025560|title=Two-sport star is ready to Bloom|last=Dilbeck|first=Steve|date=February 10, 2006|publisher=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|accessdate=February 11, 2010}}</ref> and Super Bowl MVP [[Hines Ward]] to win the competition. He ran a {{convert|100|yd|m|adj=on}} dash in 9.41 seconds, .01 off the events record set by [[Joey Galloway]]. He chose to donate his [[United States dollar|$]]45,000 prize money to help build youth football fields in his hometown of [[Loveland, Colorado]]. After football practice with the Philadelphia Eagles, he interned for well-known professor and economist [[Peter Linneman]]. In Warren Miller's 55th ski movie Higher Ground, Bloom narrated almost the entire movie with Warren only contributing a few lines. ==World Cup Skiing Results== In Bloom’s four years of competing on the World Cup Tour, he won 11 Gold Medals and earned 26 World Cup Podiums. He competed in 49 World Cup Races during those four years and his podium percentage of 53% may be the highest in the history of the sport. {{Div col}} * 2006 Mont Gabriel, World Cup 2 * 2005 Ruka FIN World Ski Championships Dual 3 * 2005 Voss NOR World Cup 2 * 2005 Sauze D'Oulx ITA World Cup 1 * 2005 Naeba JPN World Cup 1 * 2005 Inawashiro JPN World Cup 1 * 2005 Inawashiro JPN World Cup 1 * 2005 Deer Valley, UT USA World Cup 1 * 2005 Deer Valley, UT USA World Cup 1 * 2005 Mont Tremblant, QC CAN World Cup 2 * 2004 Spindleruv Mlyn CZE World Cup 1 * 2004 Naeba JPN World Cup 3 * 2004 Inawashiro JPN World Cup 3 * 2004 Jisan KOR FIS Race 2 * 2004 Deer Valley, UT USA World Cup Dual 2 * 2003 Ruka FIN World Cup 2 * 2003 Madarao JPN World Cup 1 * 2003 Steamboat USA World Cup 1 * 2003 Deer Valley World Ski Championships Duals 1 * 2003 Deer Valley USA World Ski Championships 2 * 2003 Mont Tremblant, QC CAN World Cup 2 * 2002 Ruka FIN World Cup Moguls 2 * 2002 Inawashiro JPN World Cup Moguls 2 * 2002 Lake Placid, NY USA World Cup 1 * 2002 Steamboat USA World Cup Moguls 3 * 2002 Tignes FRA World Cup Moguls 3 {{Div col end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_882.htm U.S. Olympic Team bio] * [http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/player.asp?player_id=9 Philadelphia Eagles bio] * [http://news.steelers.com/team/player/86682 Pittsburgh Steelers bio] * [http://www.WishOfaLifeTime.org The Wish of a Lifetime] {{Superstars}} {{Eagles2006DraftPicks}} {{Persondata |NAME=Bloom, Jeremy Ryan |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION=American skier |DATE OF BIRTH=April 2, 1982 |PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Loveland, Colorado]] |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bloom, Jeremy}} [[Category:1982 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Larimer County, Colorado]] [[Category:American freestyle skiers]] [[Category:American male models]] [[Category:Sportspeople of multiple sports]] [[Category:Olympic freestyle skiers of the United States]] [[Category:American football return specialists]] [[Category:American football wide receivers]] [[Category:University of Colorado alumni]] [[Category:Colorado Buffaloes football players]] [[Category:Philadelphia Eagles players]] [[Category:Pittsburgh Steelers players]] [[Category:College football announcers]] [[Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics]] [[da:Jeremy Bloom]] [[fr:Jeremy Bloom]] [[nl:Jeremy Bloom]] [[ja:ジェレミー・ブルーム]] [[pl:Jeremy Bloom]] [[fi:Jeremy Bloom]]