Max Franz

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.

Max Franz
Alpine skier
February 2018
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G, Combined
ClubSV Weissbriach
Ski Sektion – Kaern
Born (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989
Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
World Cup debut28 November 2009 (age 20)
Websitemaxfranz.at
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams3 – (201317)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons10 – (20122021)
Wins3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Podiums10 – (6 DH, 4 SG)
Overall titles0 – (15th in 2015)
Discipline titles0 – (5th in SG, 2018)

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.

World cup results

Race podiums

  • 3 wins – (2 DH, 1 SG)
  • 10 podiums – (6 DH, 4 SG)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
201324 Nov 2012 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill2nd
201426 Jan 2014 Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper-G3rd
201521 Feb 2015 Saalbach, AustriaDownhill2nd
201717 Dec 2016 Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
201826 Nov 2017 Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G2nd
15 Dec 2017 Val Gardena, ItalySuper-G2nd
16 Dec 2017Downhill3rd
201924 Nov 2018 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill1st
1 Dec 2018 Beaver Creek, USASuper-G1st
15 Dec 2018 Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill2nd

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2011211405739
20122232142423
20132326189
20142426151337
2015251581024
20162643222728
20172725616
20182817510
  2019^292156119
202030521829
202131431913
Standings through 17 Jan 2021
^ Season-ending injury in January 2019

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
20132323
20152519
201727133

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
20142469DNF2
2018281711

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2012.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.
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