Franz Heinzer
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| Disciplines |
Downhill, Super G, Combined |
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| Born |
April 11, 1962 Rickenbach, Schwyz, Switzerland |
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| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 1981 – (age 18) | ||||||||||||
| Retired | March 1994 – (age 31) | ||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (1988–94) | ||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||
| Teams | 6 – (1982–93) | ||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||
| Seasons | 14 – (1981–94) | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 17 – (15 DH, 2 K) | ||||||||||||
| Podiums | 45 | ||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 4 – (3 DH, 1 SG) | ||||||||||||
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Franz Heinzer (born April 11, 1962 in Rickenbach, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a former alpine ski racer, who specialized in downhill. He was World Cup champion in downhill three consecutive seasons (1991, 1992, 1993), second only to Franz Klammer (4 consecutive). He won a total of 15 World Cup downhill races, fourth behind Klammer (25), Peter Müller (19) and Stephan Eberharter (18). Together with Franz Klammer, Toni Sailer, Jean Claude Killy, Karl Schranz and Stephan Eberharter, he is considered among the best downhill racers of all time. He also won the season title in Super-G in 1991.
Heinzer won at the world's most famous downhill venues: Kitzbühel (3x), Wengen, Val Gardena (2x), Garmisch, Val-d'Isère, Aspen, Lake Louise, and St. Anton. His victory in the downhill event at the 1991 World Championships came after three fourth places at previous championships (Schladming (1982), Bormio (1985) and Crans-Montana (1987). He didn't compete in the downhill at 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.
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