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Luc Alphand - Palmares

French skier, born in Briançon, SE France. The best French downhill skier in history, he has been eight times French champion since 1983, winner of the World Cup (1995–7), and holds the record for points for downhill skiing in a season (779 points in 1997). In 1997 he won the Globe de Cristal - the best alpine skier of the year.

Alphand made his World Cup skiing debut in 1984. In 1997, he won the World Cup. 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).

Palmares

World Alpine Skiing Championships Bronze medal of the downhill in 1996 Junior World Champion of the downhill in 1983 World Cup World Cup (overall title) in 1997 World Cup downhill title in 1995, 1996, 1997 World Cup Super G title in 1997 Winner of 12 World Cup races (10 downhill, 2 Super G) 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

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