Franco Cavegn

Franco Cavegn
nation	Switzerland
birthday	6th January 1971 (age 49)
place of birth	Vella , Switzerland
Career
discipline	Downhill , super-G
status	resigned
End of career	2004
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut 1991  Overall World Cup 19. ( 2001/02 )  Downhill World Cup 4. (2001/02)  Super G World Cup 18th ( 2002/03 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Departure 0 0 2

Franco Cavegn (born January 6, 1971 in Vella ) is a former Swiss ski racer .

In 1991 Cavegn won World Cup points for the first time in Val Gardena in 27th place. The 2001/02 season was the best year of his career with six finishes in the top ten and a third place in Kvitfjell . On December 10, 2003, Cavegn tore a cruciate ligament at the Super-G in Beaver Creek , which heralded the end of his career. After a 58th and 43rd place in the following season, he ended his career as a skier in October 2005 at the age of 34. Cavegn is involved in the ski manufacturer zai AG .

successes

Olympic games

• 23rd place, Downhill, Lillehammer 1994
• 14th place, Downhill, Nagano 1998
• 15th place, Downhill, Salt Lake City 2002

World championships

• 6th place, downhill, Sestriere 1997
• 12th place, downhill, St. Anton am Arlberg 2001
• 25th place, downhill, St. Moritz 2003

World cup

• 8th place Downhill World Cup 1997
• 4th place Downhill World Cup 2002
• two 3rd places and 35 placements among the top 10 in World Cup races (33 Downhill, 2 Super-G)

Web links

• Website by Franco Cavegn
• Franco Cavegn in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Franco Cavegn in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Franco Cavegn in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )