Peter Müller (skier)

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

Peter Müller
Personal information
Born6 October 1957 (1957-10-06) (age 63)
Adliswil, Switzerland
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportAlpine skiing
ClubZürich-Lev

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). Müeller 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
1977192416not
run
21not
awarded
1978203618
19792115391
19802291
198123533
1982244113
198325715not
awarded
77
19842624301411
19852744623
1986284526
19872992
19883091959
198931121868
19903210733
1991336323
1992348127

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 1979 Villars-sur-Ollon, SwitzerlandDownhill
198016 December 1979 Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill
6 January 1980 Pra-Loup, FranceDownhill
19 January 1980 Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill
19819 December 1980 Madonna di Campiglio, ItalyCombined
14 December 1980 Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill
198227 February 1982 Whistler, CanadaDownhill
5 March 1982 Aspen, USADownhill
6 March 1982Downhill
198312 December 1982 Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper G
19859 March 1985 Aspen, USADownhill
16 March 1985 Panorama, CanadaDownhill
198627 January 1986 Garmisch, West GermanyCombined
3 February 1986 Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandSuper G
Combined
8 February 1986 Morzine, FranceDownhill
21 February 1986 Åre, SwedenDownhill
8 March 1986 Aspen, USADownhill
198715 August 1986 Las Leñas, ArgentinaDownhill
28 February 1987 Furano, JapanDownhill
14 March 1987 Calgary, CanadaDownhill
198816 January 1988 Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaDownhill
12 March 1988 Beaver Creek, USADownhill
19899 December 1988 Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill

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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