Peter Müller (skier)

Peter Müller

260px Peter Müller (right) at the 1988 Olympics
Personal information
Born	6 October 1957 (1957-10-06) (age 67) Adliswil, Switzerland
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	Alpine skiing
Club	Zürich-Lev
Medal record Representing Switzerland Olympic Games 1984 Sarajevo Downhill 1988 Calgary Downhill World Championships 1987 Crans-Montana Downhill 1985 Bormio Downhill 1989 Vail Downhill

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

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).

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.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
1977	19	24	—	16	not run	21	not awarded
1978	20	36	—	—		18
1979	21	15	—	39		1
1980	22	9	—	—		1	—
1981	23	5	—	—		3	3
1982	24	4	—	—		1^	13
1983	25	7	—	15	not awarded	7	7
1984	26	24	—	30		14	11
1985	27	4	—	46		2	3
1986	28	4	—	—	5	2	6
1987	29	9	—	—	—	2	—
1988	30	9	—	—	19	5	9
1989	31	12	—	—	18	6	8
1990	32	107	—	—	33	—	—
1991	33	63	—	—	—	23	—
1992	34	81	—	—	—	27	—

Season titles

Season	Discipline
1979	Downhill
1980	Downhill
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)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline
1979	1 February 1979	Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland	Downhill
1980	16 December 1979	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill
	6 January 1980	Pra Loup, France	Downhill
	19 January 1980	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill
1981	9 December 1980	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	Combined
	14 December 1980	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill
1982	27 February 1982	Whistler, Canada	Downhill
	5 March 1982	Aspen, USA	Downhill
	6 March 1982		Downhill
1983	12 December 1982	Val-d'Isère, France	Super G
1985	9 March 1985	Aspen, USA	Downhill
	16 March 1985	Panorama, Canada	Downhill
1986	27 January 1986	Garmisch, West Germany	Combined
	3 February 1986	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Super G
			Combined
	8 February 1986	Morzine, France	Downhill
	21 February 1986	Åre, Sweden	Downhill
	8 March 1986	Aspen, USA	Downhill
1987	15 August 1986	Las Leñas, Argentina	Downhill
	28 February 1987	Furano, Japan	Downhill
	14 March 1987	Calgary, Canada	Downhill
1988	16 January 1988	Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria	Downhill
	12 March 1988	Beaver Creek, USA	Downhill
1989	9 December 1988	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill

Video

• YouTube video – Peter Müller – victory at Wengen – age 22 – January 1980

External links

• Peter Müller at the International Ski Federation
• FIS-ski.com – World Cup season standings – Peter Mueller – 1977–92
• Ski-db.com – results – Peter Mueller