Max Franz
Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer
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.
01Career
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.
He is the cousin of alpine skier Werner Franz.
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.
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.
02World cup results
Race podiums
| 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
| 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
03World Championship results
04Olympic results
Sources and credits
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