Franz Ratzenberger

{{short description|Austrian sprinter}}

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| name = Franz Ratzenberger

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|03|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Grieskirchen, Austria[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/franz-ratzenberger-1.html Sports-Reference profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203203933/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/franz-ratzenberger-1.html |date=December 3, 2016 }}

| height = 1.83 m

| weight = 86 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = 100 m, 200 m

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Franz Ratzenberger (born 30 March 1965 in Grieskirchen) is an Austrian former sprinter.{{World Athletics}} He represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as one outdoor and two indoor World Championships.

In 1993 he tested positive for a banned steroid Metandienone and was subsequently banned from competition for two years.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19930728&id=M2s0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=2hMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3372,3177139&hl=pl Sprinter Berger admits to doping] That same year he retired from the sport.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}