Medal record
Luc Alphand
Competitor for  France
Men’s alpine skiing
World Championships
Bronze	1996 Sierra Nevada	Downhill

Luc Alphand (born August 6, 1965) is a French former alpine skier, who is now a race car driver.

[edit] Skiing

Born in Briançon (Hautes-Alpes), Alphand made his World Cup skiing debut in 1984. In 1997 he won the World Cup. In the village of Chantemerle (which neighbours Luc's home town of Briançon in the Serre-Chevalier region a black ski run has been named in his honour.

[edit] Auto Racing

He retired from competitive skiing in 1997 and started a career in auto racing. First in the Nissan Micra Stars Cup (1997–1998), then in the European Le Mans Series (2001), the FIA GT Championship (2002), and the Lamborghini Supertrophy (2002). He won the 2006 Dakar Rally, in which he had finished runner-up a year earlier. With this victory, he was the first ex-skier to win the Paris-Dakar. He recently purchased two Corvette race cars from Pratt & Miller for use in the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Alphand suffered severe back injuries in an accident on the Rand'Auvergne Rally on June 27, 2009. It is unclear whether he will be fit enough to compete in the 2010 Dakar Rally in South America.^[1]

[edit] World Cup victories

[edit] Overall victories

[edit] Individual victories

Date	Location	Race
13 January 1995	Kitzbühel	Downhill
14 January 1995	Kitzbühel	Downhill
15 March 1995	Bormio	Downhill
1 December 1995	Vail	Downhill
9 December 1995	Val-d'Isère	Downhill
2 February 1996	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Downhill
20 December 1996	Gröden-Val Gardena	Downhill
29 December 1996	Bormio	Downhill
24 January 1997	Kitzbühel	Downhill
29 January 1997	Laax	Super-G
21 February 1997	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Super-G
22 February 1997	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Downhill

[edit] Other results

• Junior World Champion of the downhill in 1983
• French Alpine Skiing Championship
  • Champion of the downhill in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1994
  • Champion of the super-G in 1988
  • Champion of combined in 1987
• 2006 Dakar Rally Winner Cars (Mitsubishi Pajero)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Luc Alphand - Valeo MotorSports
• Luc Alphand and Valeo - 24H of Le Mans Luc Alphand and Valeo - 24H of Le Mans

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