Q:Facts: - worldsteams: 6 - -lrb- 1982 & ndash ; 93 -rrb- - olympicteams: 3 - -lrb- 1988 & ndash ; 94 -rrb- - height: 1.81 - olympicmedals: 0 - wcwins: 17 - -lrb- 15 dh , 2 k -rrb- - retired: march 1994 - -lrb- age 31 -rrb- - disciplines: downhill , super g , combined - wcoveralls: 0 - wctitles: 4 - -lrb- 3 dh , 1 sg -rrb- - wcpodiums: 45 - birth date: 11 april 1962 - worldsgolds: 1 - name: franz heinzer - wcseasons: 14 - -lrb- 1981 & ndash ; 94 -rrb- - wcdebut: 1981 - -lrb- age 18 -rrb- - birth place: rickenbach , schwyz , switzerland - worldsmedals: 1 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of franz heinzer .
A:
franz heinzer -lrb- born april 11 , 1962 in rickenbach , switzerland -rrb- is a former alpine ski racer , who specialized in downhill .he was world cup champion in downhill three consecutive seasons -lrb- 1991 , 1992 , 1993 -rrb- , second only to franz klammer -lrb- 4 consecutive -rrb- .he won a total of 15 world cup downhill races , fourth behind klammer -lrb- 25 -rrb- , peter muller -lrb- 19 -rrb- and stephan eberharter -lrb- 18 -rrb- .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 : kitzbuhel -lrb- 3x -rrb- , wengen , val gardena -lrb- 2x -rrb- , garmisch , val-d'isere , 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 -lrb- schladming -lrb- 1982 -rrb- , bormio -lrb- 1985 -rrb- and crans-montana -lrb- 1987 -rrb- .he did n'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 .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 altdorf , and since the winter of 2004 , also works as the assistant coach of swiss national downhill team .