Peter Müller (skier)

Peter Müller (born 6 October 1957) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.[1]

Peter Müller
Müller in 1988.
Born6 October 1957 (1957-10-06) (age 66)
Adliswil, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Skiing career
ClubZürich-Lev
World Cup
Overall titles0
Discipline titles3
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing   Switzerland
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 19 14 8
Super-G 2 0 1
Combined 3 2 2
Total 24 16 11
International podiums
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Sarajevo Downhill
Silver medal – second place 1988 Calgary Downhill
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Crans-Montana Downhill
Silver medal – second place 1985 Bormio Downhill
Silver medal – second place 1989 Vail Downhill

Career

A world champion in 1987 in the downhill, Müller was a silver medalist the downhill in two world championships (1985 and 1989) and two Olympic games (1984 and 1988).[1]

Müller won the World Cup season title in the downhill in 1979, 1980, and 1982 (tied with Steve Podborski of Canada). Müller finished second in the World Cup downhill standings in 1985, 1986, and 1987. His best finish in the overall standings was fourth, which he achieved three times.

Müller retired from international competition following the 1992 season with 24 World Cup victories (19 downhill, 2 Super-G, 3 combined). Afterwards he competed in orienteering.[1]

World Cup results

Season standings
SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
19771924—16not
run 		21not
awarded
19782036——18
19792115—391
1980229——1—
1981235——33
1982244——113
1983257—15not
awarded 		77
19842624—301411
1985274—4623
1986284——526
1987299———2—
1988309——1959
19893112——1868
199032107——33——
19913363———23—
19923481———27—

Season titles
SeasonDiscipline
1979Downhill
1980Downhill
1982^Downhill

^ tie with Steve Podborski of Canada

Individual races
  • 24 wins – (19 DH, 2 SG, 3 K)
  • 51 podiums – (41 DH, 3 SG, 7 K)
SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
19791 February 1979Switzerland Villars-sur-Ollon, SwitzerlandDownhill
198016 December 1979Italy Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill
6 January 1980France Pra-Loup, FranceDownhill
19 January 1980Switzerland Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill
19819 December 1980Italy Madonna di Campiglio, ItalyCombined
14 December 1980Italy Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill
198227 February 1982Canada Whistler, CanadaDownhill
5 March 1982United States Aspen, USADownhill
6 March 1982Downhill
198312 December 1982France Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper G
19859 March 1985United States Aspen, USADownhill
16 March 1985Canada Panorama, CanadaDownhill
198627 January 1986West Germany Garmisch, West GermanyCombined
3 February 1986Switzerland Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandSuper G
Combined
8 February 1986France Morzine, FranceDownhill
21 February 1986Sweden Åre, SwedenDownhill
8 March 1986United States Aspen, USADownhill
198715 August 1986Argentina Las Leñas, ArgentinaDownhill
28 February 1987Japan Furano, JapanDownhill
14 March 1987Canada Calgary, CanadaDownhill
198816 January 1988Austria Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaDownhill
12 March 1988United States Beaver Creek, USADownhill
19899 December 1988Italy Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill

See also

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Müller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

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