Jens Müller (luger)
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Jens Müller (born 6 July 1965 in Torgau, Bezirk Leipzig) is an East German-German luger who competed from 1985 to 2001. He won two medals at the Winter Olympics in men's singles with a gold at Calgary in 1988 and a bronze at Nagano in 1998.
Müller started for the ASK Vorwärts Oberhof and the BSR "Rennsteig" Oberhof. During his career, he won 14 medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, including four gold (Men's singles: 2000, Mixed team: 1990, 1991, 1995), seven silvers (Men's singles: 1987, 1989, 1999; Mixed team: 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000), and three bronzes (Men's singles: 1985, 1990, 1996).
At the FIL European Luge Championships, Müller won eight medals. This included five golds (Men's singles: 1996, 2000; Mixed team: 1990, 1996, 1998), two silvers (Men's singles: 1986; Mixed team: 1988), and one bronze (Men's singles: 1990). In Luge World Cup, Müller's best overall finish in men's singles was second three times (1988-9, 1996-7, 1999-2000).
Müller has been an honorary citizen of Ilmenau, Thuringia since 1988. He is also a skeleton coach, working with racers such as Diane Sartor and Kerstin Jürgens.
References
[edit]- FIL-Luge profile
- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-02-21)
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-02-23)
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at archive.today (archived 2012-12-04)
- List of European luge champions at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-25) (in German)
- List of men's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-06)
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from Torgau
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Leipzig
- German male lugers
- Sportspeople from Saxony
- Olympic lugers for East Germany
- East German male lugers
- Olympic lugers for Germany
- National People's Army sportspeople
- Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in luge
- Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold