ALPHAND Luc (FRA)
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06.08.1965 Briancon/Serre Chevalier
181cm / 80kg
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SKI: Atomic
BOOTS: Lange
BINDING: Ess
1997 retired |
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| Vail 1996 DH / 1st |
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| Wengen '97 DH / 2nd |
Kitzbuhel 96 DH / 1st |
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World Cup Ranking
General
1988/61st, 1989/40th, 1990/80th,
1991/34th,
1992/53rd, 1993/59th,
1994/27th, 1995/8th, 1996/4th,
1997/1st
Special
1995 DH/1st, 1996 DH/1st, 1997 DH/1st, SG/1st
World Championship
1996 Sierra Nevada DH/3rd.
Olympic Games
1992 Albertvile DH/12th, SG/16th.
1994 Lillehammer DH/8th, SG/8th.
World Cup - 12 w. (10 DH, 2 SG)
| 1. |
DH: |
Kitzbuhel 96 I, II, 97 I, Bormio 95, 97, Vail
96, Val d'Isere 96,
Garmisch 96,97, Val
Gardena 97 I. |
| SG: |
Laax 97, Garmisch 97 |
| 2. |
DH: |
Val d'Isere 95, Kitzbuhel 96, Veysonnaz 96, Val Gardena 97,
Wengen 97 |
| SG: |
Garmisch 96, Kvitfjell 96 |
| 3. |
DH: |
Val Gardena 91 II, 96, Kitzbuhel 97 II |
| SG: |
Tignes 95 |
| 4. |
SG: |
Kvitfjell 97 |
| 5. |
DH: |
Saalbach 97, Kuvitfjell 96,97, Chamonix 97 |
| SG: |
Whistler 89 |
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Luc Alphand paid a high price for his passion before becoming only the second Frenchman after Jean Claude Killy to clinch the Overall World Cup at Vail in 1997.
Junior World Champion in downhill in 1983, "Lucco" entered the
national team at the Olympics in 1988. But several accidents and injuries
prevented him to live up to his potential for a long time. His worse accident
occurred in spring 1993 when he severely tore knee ligaments at Canada's
Lake Louise.
At that point Luc seriously considered giving up ski racing. Fortunately, he changed his mind after looking deep into his heart. Ski racing was his love, his passion! However, Alphand did take a more intelligent and careful approach.
Two years later he celebrated his first victories at Kitzbuhel in January
1995 by winning two downhills in one day! That winter he also won the World
Cup downhill title, defeating Italy's Kristian Ghedina by a narrow margin
after winning the final downhill as Bormio. Luc won three more races in
1996 as well as a bronze medal at the FIS World Championships in Sierra
Nevada.
Amazingly, at the ripe old age of 31, Alphand had found his form in what would be his best and last season. He won four downhills and two Super-G races during the 1996/97 winter to become the first speed specialist since Karl Schranz (1970) to dominate the Overall World Cup. He was a favorite in the downhill at the FIS World Championships at Sestriere, but crashed in the middle of the course, fortunately without injury. His fame helped him to achieve another dream - car racing.
He competed at the Paris-Dakar race, winning his own category. Though he
retired from the World Cup, Alphand still competes in professional races
and works in many PR and promotional activities around the world.
He got married to a Swede to become a happy and proud father of two kids. His parents run the "Hotel de la Balme" at Serre Chavlier. |
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