Peter Müller (skier)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Peter Müller (born 6 October 1957) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.

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).

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.

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

See also

• List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's race winners

External links

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Video

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