Jens Müller (luge rider)
Jens Müller (born July 6, 1965 in Torgau ) is a former German luge athlete and Olympic champion .
Jens Müller started for the ASK Vorwärts Oberhof and the BSR Rennsteig Oberhof . From the end of the 1980s until 2002 he was one of the best German tobogganists. The highlight of his career was winning the Olympic Games in 1988 in Calgary . Later he became European champion in Sigulda in 1996 and in Winterberg in 2000 and world champion in St. Moritz in 2000 , and also took numerous podium places at European and world championships.
After his active career, Müller became a trainer and trained, among other things, the skeleton pilot Steffi Jacob . From 2002 to 2018 he was national coach for skeleton at the German Bobsleigh and Sled Association (BSD).
Jens Müller has been an honorary citizen of Ilmenau in Thuringia since 1988 . In the same year he received the Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold.
successes
World Cup victories
Single seater
No. | date | place | train |
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1. | 10 Mar 1985 | Oberhof | Oberhof luge track |
2. | Feb. 8, 1987 | Koenigssee | Combined artificial ice rink at Königssee |
3. | Dec 11, 1988 | Sarajevo | Trebevic - bobsleigh and sled run |
4th | Dec 18, 1988 | innsbruck | Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh |
5. | Dec 2, 1990 | Oberhof | Oberhof luge track |
6th | Nov 22, 1992 | innsbruck | Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh |
7th | Dec 18, 1994 | Calgary | Bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park |
8th. | Dec 17, 1995 | Winterberg | Winterberg bobsleigh run |
9. | Jan. 30, 2000 | innsbruck | Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh |
10. | Jan. 14, 2001 | innsbruck | Igls artificial ice rink bobsleigh |
literature
- Klaus Gallinat, Olaf W. Reimann: Müller, Jens . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Jens Müller in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jens Müller is the new skeleton trainer: His ideas, his goals ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Bobsleigh and sledge association for Germany V., April 19, 2002, accessed June 15, 2015.
- ↑ Portrait at Munzinger.de, accessed on June 15, 2015.
- ↑ Resignation of the national skeleton trainer: The money is not in the ice
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Müller, Jens |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German luge athlete and three-time Olympic participant |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Torgau , GDR |