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.

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.

World cup results Race podiums 3 wins – (2 DH, 1 SG) 10 podiums – (6 DH, 4 SG)

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 —