Loan Bozzolo Explained

Loan Bozzolo
Nationality:French
Sport:Snowboarding
Birth Date:4 May 1999
Birth Place:Sallanches, France[1]
Height:NaN1.77

Loan Bozzolo (born 4 May 1999) is a French snowboarder who specializes in snowboard cross. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2]

Early life

Bozzolo was raised in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. He began skiing at the age of two and started snowboarding at the age of five.[3]

Career

Bozzolo began competing in snowboard cross as a junior in 2014. His first race was at the European Cup in Pitztal, where he finished 49th overall. His first win as a junior was in Grasgehren in 2016.[4]

In 2018, Bozzolo was selected to compete for France at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the snowboard cross. He qualified from his heat in third place. However, he failed to finish in his Quarterfinal race, putting him out of the competition.[5]

Bozzolo won European Cup races in 2019 in both Lenk and Sunny Valley. At the FIS Snowboard Cross Junior World Championships, Bozzolo won the men's event, beating Éliot Grondin of Canada,[6] and also won the mixed team competition alongside Chloe Passerat.[7]

Bozzolo competed for France at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the snowboard cross. He qualified from his heat in second place. However, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals, finishing third in his race.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Loan BOZZOLO . Olympics.com . 2 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Athlete Profile: Loan BOZZOLO - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. www.pyeongchang2018.com. 20 February 2018. 20 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180220151842/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/snowboard/athlete-profile-n3026049-loan-bozzolo.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: Creech . Hayes . Loan Bozzolo: Top things to know about the French snowboard cross star . 10 February 2022 . Olympics . 28 August 2022.
  4. Web site: BOZZOLO Loan . Fis-ski.com . 26 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Men's Snowboard Cross, Bracket.
  6. Web site: Fischer and Bozzolo claim SBX junior world champs golds in Reiteralm . FIS . 26 October 2021.
  7. Web site: Passerat and Bozzolo of France take junior worlds mixed team gold . FIS . 26 October 2021.
  8. Web site: Snowboard Cross Results . FIS . 10 February 2022 . 28 August 2022.