Hermann Müller (athlete)

Hermann Müller (born April 18, 1885 in Berlin ; † January 21, 1947 there ) was a German athlete who won the silver medal in the 3,000-meter walk at the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 (15: 20.0 min).

At these games he also started in the marathon, where he finished ninth (3: 21: 00.0 h; 41.860 kilometers). In the 5-mile run, he gave up the race.

He was scheduled to start at the 1908 Olympic Games , but could not come because he had to appear at a court hearing. In 1911 he was banned "for life": as an unemployed person, he had brought trophies and prizes to the pawn shop, which was interpreted as a violation of amateur status. After the First World War , the lock was forgotten.

In 1921 he set two world records:

20 km walk (road): 1:38:26 h on July 17, 1921 in Berlin
50 km walk (road): 4:40:14 h on September 11, 1921 in Munich

Grave of Hermann Müller in the Heerstrasse cemetery in Berlin-Westend

Müller belonged to the SC Komet Berlin . When he competed, he was 1.65 m tall and weighed 52 kg.

Hermann Müller died in Berlin in January 1947 at the age of 61. His grave is on the state's own cemetery in Heerstraße in Berlin-Westend (grave location: II-W 15-5-28). The last resting place of Hermann Müller was dedicated as an honor grave of the state of Berlin since 1962 . The dedication has since been canceled.

Web links

Hermann Müller in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 492.

personal data
SURNAME	Müller, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	January 21, 1947
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 492.