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.
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.
World cup results Race podiums 3 wins – (2 DH, 1 SG) 10 podiums – (6 DH, 4 SG) SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace2013 Downhill 2nd2014 26 Jan 2014 Kitzbühel, Austria Super-G 3rd2015 21 Feb 2015 Saalbach, Austria Downhill 2nd2017 17 Dec 2016 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 1st2018 26 Nov 2017 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 2nd15 Dec 2017 Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 2nd16 Dec 2017 Downhill 3rd201924 Nov 2018 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 1st1 Dec 2018 Beaver Creek, USASuper-G 1st15 Dec 2018 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2nd
Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantSlalomDownhillCombined 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 3143 — — 1913 —
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World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantSlalomSuper GDownhillCombined 2013 23 — — — 23 — 2015 25 — — — 19 — 2017 27 — — 13 3 — 2021 31 DNF
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantSlalomSuper GDownhillCombined 2014 24 — — 6 9 DNF2 2018 28 — — 17 11 — 2022 32 — — DNF 9 —
References
External links
Max Franz at Atomic Skis (archived)
Max Franz at Ski Austria (archive)