Thomas Müller (Nordic combined)
Thomas Müller 
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| birthday | March 5, 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Aschaffenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||
| size | 187 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| society | SC Oberstdorf | |||||||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | |||||||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Cup victories (individual) | 4 ( details ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall World Cup | 2. (1985/86) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Müller (born March 5, 1961 in Aschaffenburg ) is a former German Nordic combined athlete .
In 1981 Thomas Müller won bronze in the Nordic combined at the Junior World Championships in Schonach . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 1982 , he reached sixth place in the individual competition and just missed a medal in fourth place with the team. In 1984 he finished fifth in the individual ranking at the Olympic Games in Sarajevo . In the course of his career, Müller achieved four World Cup victories in addition to numerous podium places . He celebrated his first World Cup success in 1984 in Schonach, in 1985 he won in Oberwiesenthal , in Lahti , Finland , he was on the top of the podium twice, in 1984 and 1987. He finished the 1985/86 World Cup season with second place in the overall World Cup ranking behind his compatriot Hermann Weinbuch .
However, Müller celebrated his greatest sporting success in team competitions. For example, at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1985 in Seefeld , Austria, together with Hubert Schwarz and Hermann Weinbuch, he was world champion in the relay. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1987 in Oberstdorf , he was able to defend the title with Hans-Peter Pohl and Hermann Weinbuch in front of a home crowd. A year later at the Olympic Games in Calgary , Thomas Müller, Hans-Peter Pohl and Hubert Schwarz became Olympic champions in the Nordic Combined team competition.
When he could not qualify for the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville , Müller announced his retirement from competitive sports. In the same year he completed his studies in Tübingen as a qualified sports teacher. After the end of his sporting career, he became a junior trainer for ski jumping and Nordic combined. In 1994 he acquired the trainer's license as a certified trainer of the DOSB at the trainer academy in Cologne . Since the 2004/2005 season he has been the head trainer of the Nordic Combined in Oberstdorf. In 2009, Thomas Müller was voted Trainer of the Year in the Nordic Combined area of the German Ski Association.
Web links
- Thomas Müller in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Thomas Müller in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
1988: ( GER ) Müller , Pohl , Schwarz | 1992: ( JPN ) Mikata , Kōno , Ogiwara | 1994: ( JPN ) Kōno , Abe , Ogiwara | 1998: ( NOR ) Skard , Braaten , Vik , Lundberg | 2002: ( FIN ) Lajunen , Mantila , Tallus , Manninen | 2006: ( AUT ) M. Gruber , Bieler , Gottwald , Stecher | 2010: ( AUT ) B. Gruber , Kreiner , Gottwald , Stecher | 2014: ( NOR ) Moan , Klemetsen , Krog , Graabak | 2018: ( GER ) Geiger , Rießle , Frenzel , Rydzek
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| SURNAME | Müller, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Nordic combined |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aschaffenburg |