Jens Müller (luger)

Jens Müller
Medal record
Müller in 1987
Men's luge
Representing East Germany & Germany
Olympic Games
	1988 Calgary	Men's singles
	1998 Nagano	Men's singles
World Championships
	1990 Calgary	Mixed team
	1991 Winterberg	Mixed team
	1995 Lillehammer	Mixed team
	2000 St. Moritz	Men's singles
	1987 Igls	Men's singles
	1989 Winterberg	Men's singles
	1989 Winterberg	Mixed team
	1996 Altenberg	Mixed team
	1997 Igls	Mixed team
	1999 Königssee	Men's singles
	2000 St. Mortiz	Mixed team
	1985 Oberhof	Men's singles
	1990 Calgary	Men's singles
	1996 Altenberg	Men's singles
World Cup Championships
	1988-89	Men's singles
	1996-97	Men's singles
	1999-00	Men's singles
	1987-88	Men's singles
	1989-90	Men's singles
	1990-91	Men's singles
	1994-95	Men's singles
	1998-99	Men's singles
European Championships
	1990 Igls	Mixed team
	1996 Sigulda	Men's singles
	1998 Oberhof	Mixed team
	2000 Winterberg	Men's singles
	1986 Hammarstrand	Men's singles
	1988 Königssee	Mixed team
	1990 Igls	Men's singles

Jens Müller (born 6 July 1965 in Torgau, Saxony) is an East German-German luger who competed from 1985 to 2001. He won two medals at the Winter Olympics in men's singles with a gold at Calgary in 1988 and a bronze at Nagano in 1998.

Müller started for the ASK Vorwärts Oberhof and the BSR "Rennsteig" Oberhof. During his career, he won 14 medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, including four gold (Men's singles: 2000, Mixed team: 1990, 1991, 1995), seven silvers (Men's singles: 1987, 1989, 1999; Mixed team: 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000), and three bronzes (Men's singles: 1985, 1990, 1996).

At the FIL European Luge Championships, Müller won seven medals. This included four golds (Men's singles: 1996, 2000; Mixed team: 1990, 1998), two silvers (Men's singles: 1986; Mixed team: 1988), and one bronze (Men's singles: 1990). In Luge World Cup, Müller's best overall finish in men's singles was second three times (1988-9, 1996-7, 1999-2000).

Since 1988 he is an honorary citizen of Ilmenau, Thuringia. Müller is also a skeleton coach, working with such racers as Diane Sartor and Kerstin Jürgens.

References

Olympic champions in men's singles luge

1964: Thomas Köhler (EUA) 1968: Manfred Schmid (AUT) 1972: Wolfgang Scheidel (GDR) 1976: Dettlef Günther (GDR) 1980: Bernhard Glass (GDR) 1984: Paul Hildgartner (ITA) 1988: Jens Müller (GDR) 1992: Georg Hackl (GER) 1994: Georg Hackl (GER) 1998: Georg Hackl (GER) 2002: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) 2006: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) 2010: Felix Loch (GER) 2014: Felix Loch (GER)

World champions in men's singles luge

1955: Anton Salvesen (NOR)
1957: Hans Schaller (FRG)
1958: Jerzy Wojnar (POL)
1959: Herbert Thaler (AUT)
1960: Helmut Berndt (FRG)
1961: Jerzy Wojnar (POL)
1962: Thomas Köhler (GDR)
1963: Fritz Nachmann (FRG)
1965: Hans Plenk (FRG)
1967: Thomas Köhler (GDR)
1969: Josef Feistmantl (AUT)
1970: Josef Fendt (FRG)
1971: Karl Brunner (ITA)
1973: Hans Rinn (GDR)
1974: Josef Fendt (FRG)
1975: Wolfram Fiedler (GDR)
1977: Hans Rinn (GDR)
1978: Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
1979: Dettlef Günther (GDR)
1981: Sergey Danilin (URS)
1983: Miroslav Zajonc (CAN)
1985: Michael Walter (GDR)
1987: Markus Prock
1989: Georg Hackl (FRG)
1990: Georg Hackl (FRG)
1991: Arnold Huber (ITA)
1993: Wendel Suckow (USA)
1995: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
1996: Markus Prock (AUT)
1997: Georg Hackl (GER)
1999: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2000: Jens Müller (GER)
2001: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2003: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2004: David Möller (GER)
2005: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2007: David Möller (GER)
2008: Felix Loch (GER)
2009: Felix Loch (GER)
2011: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2012: Felix Loch (GER)
2013: Felix Loch (GER)
2015: Semen Pavlichenko (RUS)
2016: Felix Loch (GER)

World champions in mixed team relay luge

Six per team	1989: Italy Hansjörg Raffl Gerhard Plankensteiner Gerda Weissensteiner Veronika Oberhuber Norbert Huber 1990: East Germany Jens Müller Thomas Jacob Gabriele Kohlisch Susi Erdmann Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch 1991: Germany Georg Hackl Jens Müller Susi Erdmann Gabriele Kohlisch Stefan Krausse Jan Behrendt 1993: Germany Georg Hackl René Friedl Gabriele Kohlisch Stefan Krausse Jan Behrendt 1995: Germany Georg Hackl Jens Müller Gabriele Kohlisch Susi Erdmann Stefan Krausse Jan Behrendt 1996: Austria Markus Prock Markus Schmidt Angelika Neuner Andrea Tagwerker Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl 1997: Austria Markus Prock Gerhard Gleirscher Andrea Tagwerker Angelika Neuner Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl

Four per team	1999: Austria Markus Prock Andrea Tagwerker Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl 2000: Germany Georg Hackl Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller 2001: Germany Georg Hackl Silke Kraushaar Patric Leitner Alexander Resch 2003: Germany Georg Hackl Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch 2004: Germany David Möller Barbara Niedernhuber Patric Leitner Alexander Resch 2005: Germany Georg Hackl Sylke Otto André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich 2007: Germany David Möller Silke Kraushaar-Pielach Patric Leitner Alexander Resch

Four per team as relay	2008: Germany Felix Loch Tatjana Hüfner André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich 2009: Germany Felix Loch Natalie Geisenberger André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich 2011: Cancelled 2012: Germany Tatjana Hüfner Felix Loch Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken 2013: Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt 2015: Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt 2016: Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt

European champions in men's singles luge

1914: Rudolf Kauschka (AUT)
1928: Fritz Preissler (TCH)
1929: Fritz Preissler (TCH)
1934: Martin Tietze (GER)
1935: Martin Tietze (GER)
1937: Martin Tietze (GER)
1938: Martin Tietze (GER)
1939: Fritz Preissler (TCH)
1951: Paul Aste (AUT)
1952: Rudolf Maschke (FRG)
1953: Paul Aste (AUT)
1954: Fritz Kienzl (AUT)
1955: Paul Aste (AUT)
1956: Josef Isser (AUT)
1962: Josef Lenz (FRG)
1967: Leonhard Nagenrauft (FRG)
1970: Harald Ehrig (GDR)
1971: Horst Hörnlein (GDR)
1972: Wolfram Fiedler (GDR)
1973: Hans Rinn (GDR)
1974: Hans Rinn (GDR)
1975: Dettlef Günther (GDR)
1976: Wolfram Fiedler (GDR)
1977: Anton Winkler (FRG)
1978: Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
1979: Hans Rinn (GDR)
1980: Karl Brunner (ITA)
1982: Uwe Hendrich (GDR)
1984: Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
1986: Sergey Danilin (URS)
1988: Georg Hackl (FRG)
1990: Georg Hackl (FRG)
1992: René Friedl (GER)
1994: Markus Prock (AUT)
1996: Jens Müller (GER)
1998: Markus Prock (AUT)
2000: Jens Müller (GER)
2002: Markus Prock (AUT)
2004: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2006: Albert Demchenko (RUS)
2008: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
2010: Albert Demchenko (RUS)
2012: Andi Langenhan (GER)
2014: Armin Zöggeler (ITA)

European champions in mixed team relay luge

Six per team	1988: West Germany Georg Hackl Johannes Schettel Kerstin Langkopf Veronika Bilgeri Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger 1990: East Germany Jens Müller René Friedl Susi Erdmann Sylke Otto Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch 1992: Germany Georg Hackl René Friedl Susi Erdmann Sylke Otto Yves Mankel Thomas Rudolph 1994: Italy Armin Zöggeler Norbert Huber Gerda Weissensteiner Natalie Obkircher Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber 1996: Germany Jens Müller Georg Hackl Jana Bode Susi Erdmann Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt 1998: Germany Jens Müller Karsten Albert Susi Erdmann Silke Kraushaar Stefan Krausse Jan Behrendt

Four per team	2000: Germany Georg Hackl Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch 2002: Germany Georg Hackl Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller 2004: Germany Jan-Armin Eichhorn Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller 2006: Germany David Möller Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller

Four per team as relay	2008: Latvia Mārtiņš Rubenis Maija Tīruma Andris Šics Juris Šics 2010: Latvia Anna Orlova Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics Juris Šics 2012: Russia Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin 2014: Russia Natalia Khoreva Albert Demchenko Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 47549436

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