Franz Heinzer
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| Wins | 17 – (15 DH, 2 K) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Podiums | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 4 – (3 DH, 1 SG) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Franz Heinzer (born April 11, 1962 in
Super-G
in 1991.
Career
Heinzer won at the world's most famous downhill venues:
Vail in 1989. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Norway, his right binding released at the starting gate, putting him out of the downhill race.[1]
A month later, Heinzer retired from international competition at age 31 with 17 World Cup victories and 45 podiums. He now runs his own sports products company in
2004, also works as the assistant coach of Swiss national downhill team.[2]
The Franz Heinzer Piste in the Swiss ski resort of
FIS-approved downhill run on the Klingenstock
,
is named in his honour.[3]
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 |
18 | 36 | — | — | not run |
10 | — |
1982 |
19 | 26 | — | — | 10 | — | |
1983 |
20 | 26 | — | 19 | not awarded |
19 | 9 |
1984 |
21 | 6 | — | 18 | 8 | 4 | |
1985 |
22 | 5 | — | 36 | 6 | 2 | |
1986 |
23 | 13 | — | — | 10 | 9 | 8 |
1987 |
24 | 12 | — | — | 25 | 3 | — |
1988 |
25 | 8 | — | — | 16 | 3 | 13 |
1989 |
26 | 31 | — | — | 20 | 14 | — |
1990 |
27 | 17 | — | — | 21 | 7 | 21 |
1991 |
28 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
1992 |
29 | 5 | — | — | 7 | 1 | — |
1993 |
30 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — |
1994 |
31 | 36 | — | — | 29 | 16 | — |
Season titles
4 season titles: 3
super G
| Season | Discipline |
|---|---|
1991 |
Downhill
|
Super-G
| |
1992 |
Downhill |
1993 |
Downhill |
Individual races
17 race victories: 15
downhill, 2 combined
| Season | Date | Location | Race |
|---|---|---|---|
1983 |
December 19, 1982 | Val Gardena, Italy | Combined |
1984 |
December 9, 1983 | Val-d'Isère, France | Downhill
|
| December 10, 1983 | Combined | ||
1986 |
February 22, 1986 | Åre , Sweden |
Downhill |
1987 |
January 4, 1987 | Laax, Switzerland | Downhill |
1988 |
March 11, 1988 | USA |
Downhill |
1991 |
December 14, 1990 | Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill |
| January 12, 1991 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Downhill | |
| March 8, 1991 | Aspen, USA | Downhill | |
| March 16, 1991 | Lake Louise , Canada |
Downhill | |
1992 |
December 14, 1991 | Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill |
| January 17, 1992 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Downhill | |
| January 18, 1992 | Downhill | ||
| January 25, 1992 | Wengen, Switzerland | Downhill | |
1993 |
January 10, 1993 | Garmisch, Germany | Downhill |
| January 16, 1993 | St. Anton , Austria |
Downhill | |
| January 23, 1993 | Veysonnaz, Switzerland | Downhill |
References
- ^ "YouTube video: Franz Heinzer, 1994 Olympic downhill". Eurosport. 13 February 1994. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ "Franz Heinzer". Swiss Ski team. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ "Franz Heinzer Piste". myswitzerland.com. Switzerland Tourism. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
External links
- Franz Heinzer at FIS (alpine)
- Franz Heinzer at Olympedia
- Franz Heinzer at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
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