Anna-Maria Müller
Anna-Maria Müller , later married Anna-Maria Murach , (born February 23, 1949 in Friedrichroda , † August 23, 2009 in Berlin ) was a German luge athlete .
Life and sporting development
Anna-Maria Müller's family came as resettlers from the Giant Mountains to the tobogganing stronghold Friedrichroda in Thuringia . An advertising campaign at her school led her to luge, where her trainer Hugo Oberhoffner trained various talents on the Spießbergbahn . In 1966, Müller , who started for SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal , became vice European junior champion, in 1967 she was GDR champion for the first time, which she was able to repeat in 1969. She fell at the 1967 World Cup. At the Olympic Games in Grenoble, she was initially second behind Ortrun Enderlein , but was, like the winner, disqualified on charges of unauthorized heating of the runners of her racing sled. In 1969 she became vice world champion, in 1970 European champion and fourth place in the World Cup. In 1972, a bronze medal at the European Championship was followed by victory at the 1972 Olympic Games in Sapporo . In the same year she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold.
After the Olympic Games, she finished her career and studied pharmacy . She then worked as a qualified pharmacist in the “Berliner Bär” pharmacy on Strausberger Platz in Berlin. Anna-Maria Murrach was the mother of two children.
literature
- Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes and biographies. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9 .
- Short biography for: Müller, Anna-Maria . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Anna-Maria Müller in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Olympic luge champion Müller has died.
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung , April 15, 1972, p. 4
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Müller, Anna-Maria |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Murach, Anna-Maria |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German luge athlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Friedrichroda |
DATE OF DEATH | August 23, 2009 |
Place of death | Berlin |