| FRANZ Werner (AUT) |
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08.03.1972 Weissbriach
177cm / 95kg
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SKI: Bllizzard
BOOTS: Lange
BINDING: Marker
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| Val Gardena 99 DH/2nd |
Wengen 99 DH/4th |
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| Val d'Isere 03 DH/7th |
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| Val d'Isere 05 DH / 1st |
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World Cup Ranking
General
1992/139th, 1993/124th,
1994/64th, 1995/42nd,
1996/46th, 1997/10th,
1998/15th, 1999/9th, 2000/10th, 2001/16th, 2002/-, 2003/33rd, 2004/111th,
2005/33rd,
Special
1999 DH/3rd. 2000 SG/2nd, DH/8th, 2001 DH/8th, SG/5th, 2003 DH/17th, SG/21th.
2004 DH/45th. 2005 DH/7th.
World Championships
1999 Vail. DH/6th.
2001 St.Anton. DH/8th, SG/6th.
2005 Bormio. DH/28th.
Wo‚’ld Cup - 2 w. (1 DH, 1 SG)
| 1. |
DH: |
Val d'Isere 05, |
| SG: |
St.Anton 2000-II, |
| 2. |
DH: |
Val Gardena 94-I, Wengen 95-II, Val d'Isere 97, Kitzbuhel 97-I+II,
Bormio 98-II, Val Gardena 99-I, |
| SG: |
Kitzbuhel 2000. |
| K : |
Kitzbuhel 98. |
| 3. |
DH: |
Chamonix 97, Bormio 98-I, Val Gardena 99-II, Kitzbuhel 99-I+II, |
| SG: |
Bormio 2000, Kitzbuhel 01, |
| K : |
Kitzbuhel 97, |
| 4. |
DH: |
Veysonnaz 96-II, Wengen 97, Vail 97, |
| SG: |
St.Anton 2000-I, |
| K : |
Wengen 99, Kitzbuhel 99. |
| 5. |
DH: |
Bormio 99, Wengen 99, Val d'Isere 01-II, Val Gardena 03, Garmisch 00,
Val d'Isere 01, Wengen 05, |
| SG: |
Kvitfjell 01, |
| K : |
Chamonix 2000. |
| 6. |
DH: |
Wengen 98-I, Vail 00, Bormio 00, |
| K: |
Wengen/Veysonnaz 98, |
| 7. |
DH: |
Kitzbuhel 95-I, Val Gardena 97-I, Kitzbuhel 01, Kvitfjell 01, Val d'Isere
03, |
| SG: |
Garmisch 01, |
| 8. |
DH: |
vail 98-I, Kvitfjell 99-II, 00-I, Val Gardena 00-I+II, |
| SG: |
Vail 98, 00, Schladming 98-I, Lake Louise 01, |
| 9. |
DH: |
Val d'Isere 95-I, Veysonnaz 96-I, Kvitfjell 99-I, Kitzbuhel 00, |
| SG: |
Val d'Isere 99, Innsbruck 99, Lake Louise 00, |
| K: |
Chamonix 97, Kitzbuhel 00, |
| 10. |
DH: |
Val Gardena 97-II, Bormio 97, Wengen 98-II, 00, Are 01, Lake Louisa 03,
Bormio 05, Garmisch 05-I, |
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Today, for the second time in the history
of the World Cup, two racers shared a super
G victory. So this double win in St. Anton,
on the final part of the new "Karl Schranz"
downhill course to be used next year at the
coming FIS Ski World Championships, won't
be a first in the history books.
But it is the first win
for 27-year-old Werner
Franz, who has accumulated
an impressive
series of 15 second and
third places in the
past eight years of World
Cup racing. And
it might be the first time
that racers with
the same last name have
won back-to-back
races. Josef Strobl (no
relation to Fritz)
won yesterday's super G.
Franz shares his first
gold with his long-time
teammate and companion
Fritz Strobl, who
has won four downhill races
in his career,
including the Kitzbuhel
downhill three weeks
ago. Fritz Strobl missed
the podium yesterday
by only a few hundredths
of a second.
"I only lost half
of a second on the
winner in the first race
here and I knew
that I can ski better,"
said Strobl.
"My trainer told me
to take a low start
number and to be more aggressive
he was right,"
he added. "The course
was still in good
shape and I could attack
the course the way
I wanted. It's a great
feeling to do so well
on such a tough slope.
I was an excellent
super G skier when I entered
the team in
1996, but then I focused
more on the downhill
races after winning three
races during the
1996-'97 winter. I was
also 3rd in December
1998 at Innsbruck."
Werner Franz was happy
to share his first
success with his good pal,
who he's known
for a long time. "We
are the same age
and we already competed
against each other
in school races,"
he said.
"He won his first
downhill at Val d'Isere,
beating me by only 2/100
of a second. The
Austrian downhill team
worked hard last summer
with the new trainer, Robert
Trenkwalder,
and we have dramatically
improved our technique
in the turns. We are very
motivated and there
is a stimulating competition
between us and
the super G/GS team."
Said Strobl, "I'm happy to share this success with Fritz ? it's a double joy in a way for us!" |
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