Alpine Skiing

Loevan Parand

Giant Slalom

Nationality: France
Hometown: Les Belleville, Savoie, France
Born: 15 June 1999
Turned pro: 2015
Primary discipline: Giant Slalom

French World Cup alpine ski racer specializing in giant slalom (also competes in slalom, super-G and alpine combined), representing Club des Sports Les Menuires. Born in the Pyrenees (Font-Romeu area) and raced for local Catalan clubs before relocating to the Alps at age 15 to pursue high-level skiing; joined Les Menuires club in 2015 and has been on the French national team since May 2019. GS race wins include Valloire (2021-22) and Courchevel (2020-21). Also pursuing a marketing/communication degree (Licence 3, IAE) alongside racing.

FIS official biography lists Skis: Head, Boots: Head, Poles: blank. Athlete's own official website lists Head and Vola among his official partners (alongside Cimalpes and Les Belleville ski club), supporting Vola as pole/eyewear sponsor even though FIS doesn't list a poles brand. Note: an AI-generated web search summary claimed Atomic skis/boots for this athlete, but this contradicts both FIS and the athlete's own site, so it was rejected as an unverifiable/untrustworthy source per the skill's source-tier rules.

Sponsors: Head (skis, boots) - per FIS official athlete biography; Vola (poles) - per athlete's own official website partner list (FIS leaves poles blank)