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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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 September 1989 Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G, Combined | ||||||||||||||
| Club | SV Weissbriach Ski Sektion – Kaern | ||||||||||||||
| 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
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Career edit
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 edit
Race podiums edit
| 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 | 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 edit
| 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 edit
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2013 | 23 | — | — | — | 23 | — |
| 2015 | 25 | — | — | — | 19 | — |
| 2017 | 27 | — | — | 13 | 3 | — |
| 2021 | 31 | DNF |
Olympic results edit
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2014 | 24 | — | — | 6 | 9 | DNF2 |
| 2018 | 28 | — | — | 17 | 11 | — |
| 2022 | 32 | — | — | DNF | 9 | — |
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Franz bricht sich bei schwerem Sturz beide Beine" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
External links edit
- Max Franz at the International Ski and Snowboard 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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