The Austrian team come in 2nd in Berlin
Photo of ice speedway rider Franz Zorn.

Franz
Zorn

Austria

Austria

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Speedway

Austria’s Franz Zorn is an elite ice speedway racer who knows how to go full throttle to win the sport’s biggest team and individual format events.

Date of birth

August 30, 1970

Birthplace

Saalfelden, Austria

Age

55

Nationality

Austria

Austria

Career start

1993

Disciplines

Icespeedway

For most racers, finding a nail in your tyre would be a real bummer. However, that’s not true for ice speedway star Franky Zorn who rides with 170 nails attached to each wheel of his bike.

Zorn is Austria’s most successful ice speedway racer. A mechanic by profession, he made his racing debut in 1993 and celebrated his first victory five years later. In 2000 he achieved major success with second place overall in the Ice Speedway Individual World Championship.