Franz Zorn

Franz Zorn (born 30 August 1970 in Saalfelden, Austria) is an Austrian ice speedway rider.

Career In 2000, Zorn finished runner up in the 2000 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship. In 2008, he who won the Individual Ice Racing European Championship and two bronze medals in the World Championship in 2008 and 2009. He was part of the Austrian team that won 8 silver medals and 6 bronze medals in the Team Ice Racing World Championship from 1999 to 2019.

In 2023, He finished runner up to Martin Haarahiltunen in the 2023 Individual Ice Racing World Championship. It was the second time that he had won the silver medal, the first was over 20 years earlier in 2000. He also won a second European Championship in 2023.

Major results Individual World Championship (Ice Racing Grand Prix) 1998 - 16th 1999 - 7th 2000 - Runner-up 2001 - 4th 2002 - 10th 2003 - 15th 2004 - 14th 2005 - 8th 2006 - 5th 2007 - 5th 2008 - bronze medal 2009 - bronze medal 2010 - 6th 2011 - 10th 2012 - 9th 2013 - 6th 2015 - 6th 2016 - 6th 2017 - 6th 2018 - 6th 2019 - 15th 2020 - 10th 2021 - 7th 2022 - 21st 2023 - Runner-up

Team World Championship 1998 - 4th 1999 - bronze medal 2000 - 4th 2001 - silver medal 2002 - ? 2003 - ? 2004 - bronze medal 2005 - ? 2006 - ? 2007 - ? 2008 - silver medal 2009 - silver medal 2010 - bronze medal 2011 - silver medal 2012 - silver medal 2013 - silver medal 2015 - silver medal 2016 - bronze medal 2017 - silver medal 2018 - bronze medal 2019 - bronze medal 2020 - 4th

Individual European Championship 2008 - European Champion 2023 - European Champion