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Jens Müller (born July 6, 1965 in Torgau) 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 three 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 has lived in Ilmenau, Thuringia. Müller is also a skeleton coach, working with such racers as Diane Sartor and Kerstin Jürgens.
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World champions in mixed team relay luge. |
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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 |
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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 |
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European champions in mixed team relay luge. |
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1988: West Germany - Georg Hackl, Johannes Schettel, Langhof, 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 - Team not listed * 1998: Germany - Jens Müller, Karsten Albert, Susi Erdmann, Silke Kraushaar, Stefan Krausse, & Jan Behrendt |
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2000: Germany - Georg Hackl, Sylke Otto, Patric Leitner, & Alexander Resch * 2002: Germany - Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller * 2004: Germany - Jan Eichhorn, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel & Steffen Wöller * 2006: Germany - David Möller, Silke Kraushaar, Steffen Skel, & Steffen Wöller |
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