Max Franz

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Max Franz
OOC Olympiaeinkleidung Pyeongchang 2018 Max Franz 850 9622.jpg
February 2018
Personal information
Born (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 35)
Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G, Combined
ClubSV Weissbriach
Ski Sektion – Kaern
World Cup debut28 November 2009 (age 20)
Website maxfranz.at
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 – (2013–21)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons10 – (2012–2021)
Wins3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Podiums10 – (6 DH, 4 SG)
Overall titles0 – (15th in 2015)
Discipline titles0 – (5th in SG, 2018)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 St. Moritz Downhill

Max Franz (born 1 September 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, he focuses on the speed events of Downhill and Super-G.

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Career

Franz made his World Cup debut in November 2009 at Lake Louise, Canada. Three years later, Franz made his first World Cup podium in November 2012, in the Downhill at Lake Louise. [1]

He is the cousin of alpine skier Werner Franz. [2]

In 2017, Franz took his first World Cup win in Val Gardena in the downhill. He has two other wins in the World Cup, namely in Super G and another one in downhill. He also succeeded in the World Championships of 2017, where he achieved third place. [3]

During a training event in Copper Mountain (USA), Franz fell and suffered fractures in both lower legs, making him unable to participate in the 2022/23 World Cup and the 2023 World Championships. [3]

World cup results

Race podiums

Season
DateLocationDisciplinePlace
2013 24 Nov 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 2nd
2014 26 Jan 2014 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, Austria Super-G 3rd
2015 21 Feb 2015 Flag of Austria.svg Saalbach, AustriaDownhill2nd
2017 17 Dec 2016 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
2018 26 Nov 2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G2nd
15 Dec 2017 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalySuper-G2nd
16 Dec 2017Downhill3rd
2019 24 Nov 2018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill1st
1 Dec 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USASuper-G1st
15 Dec 2018 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill2nd

Season standings

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
2011 21140——57—39
2012 2232——142423
2013 2326——189—
2014 2426——151337
2015 2515——81024
2016 2643——222728
2017 2725——616—
2018 2817——510—
   2019  ^2921—56119—
2020 3052——1829—
2021 3143——1913—
Standings through 17 Jan 2021
^ Season-ending injury in January 2019

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
2013 23 — — — 23 —
2015 25 — — — 19 —
2017 27 — — 13 3 —
2021 31 DNF

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
2014 24 — — 6 9 DNF2
2018 28 — — 17 11 —
2022 32 — — DNF 9 —

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Beaver Creek/Super-G: Max Franz a perdu connaissance quelques secondes" [Beaver Creek / Super-G: Max Franz lost consciousness for a few seconds]. Eurosport (in French). 2 December 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Franz bricht sich bei schwerem Sturz beide Beine" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.


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