Max Franz

Max Franz
Alpine skier
	February 2018
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G, Combined
Club	SV Weissbriach; Ski Sektion – Kaern
Born	1 September 1989 (age 33); Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
World Cup debut	28 November 2009 (age 20)
Website	maxfranz.at
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	4 – (2013–21)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	10 – (2012–2021)
Wins	3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Podiums	10 – (6 DH, 4 SG)
Overall titles	0 – (15th in 2015)
Discipline titles	0 – (5th in SG, 2018)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Austria
World Championships

Last updated December 01, 2022

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.

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 had success in the World Championships of 2017, where he achieved the 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

3 wins – (2 DH, 1 SG)
10 podiums – (6 DH, 4 SG)

Season
Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2013	24 Nov 2012	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	2nd
2014	26 Jan 2014	Kitzbühel, Austria	Super-G	3rd
2015	21 Feb 2015	Saalbach, Austria	Downhill	2nd
2017	17 Dec 2016	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill	1st
2018	26 Nov 2017	Lake Louise, Canada	Super-G	2nd
	15 Dec 2017	Val Gardena, Italy	Super-G	2nd
	16 Dec 2017	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill	3rd
2019	24 Nov 2018	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	1st
	1 Dec 2018	Beaver Creek, USA	Super-G	1st
	15 Dec 2018	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill	2nd

Season standings

Season
Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2011	21	140	—	—	57	—	39
2012	22	32	—	—	14	24	23
2013	23	26	—	—	18	9	—
2014	24	26	—	—	15	13	37
2015	25	15	—	—	8	10	24
2016	26	43	—	—	22	27	28
2017	27	25	—	—	6	16	—
2018	28	17	—	—	5	10	—
2019  ^	29	21	—	56	11	9	—
2020	30	52	—	—	18	29	—
2021	31	43	—	—	19	13	—

Standings through 17 Jan 2021

^ Season-ending injury in January 2019

World Championship results

Year
Year	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2013	23	—	—	—	23	—
2015	25	—	—	—	19	—
2017	27	—	—	13	3	—
2021	31			DNF

Olympic results

Year
Year	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2014	24	—	—	6	9	DNF2
2018	28	—	—	17	11	—
2022	32	—	—	DNF	9	—

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References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "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.
1 2 "Franz bricht sich bei schwerem Sturz beide Beine" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

External links

Max Franz at the International Ski Federation
Max Franz World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
Max Franz at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
Max Franz at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Max Franz at Austrian Ski team official site (in German)
Max Franz at Atomic Skis
Official website (in German)

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[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.

[SRF_2022_12-3] 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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