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.
| Alpine skier | |
 February 2018 | |
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G, Combined |
|---|---|
| Club | SV Weissbriach Ski Sektion – Kaern |
| Born | 1 September 1989 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 | 3 – (2013–17) |
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 10 – (2010–2019) |
| 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
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
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2013 | 24 Nov 2012 | .svg.png){kind=small} | Downhill | 2nd |
| 2014 | 26 Jan 2014 |  | Super-G | 3rd |
| 2015 | 21 Feb 2015 | | Downhill | 2nd |
| 2017 | 17 Dec 2016 |  | Downhill | 1st |
| 2018 | 26 Nov 2017 | | Super-G | 2nd |
| 15 Dec 2017 | | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 16 Dec 2017 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 2019 | 24 Nov 2018 | | Downhill | 1st |
| 1 Dec 2018 |  | Super-G | 1st | |
| 15 Dec 2018 | | Downhill | 2nd |
World Championship results
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2013 | 23 | — | — | — | 23 | — |
| 2015 | 25 | — | — | — | 19 | — |
| 2017 | 27 | — | — | 13 | 3 | — |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2012.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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Max Franz. |
- 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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