Peter Mueller Usa

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Given name Peter Alan
Surname Mueller
Sex Male
Born 27 July 1954

Peter Mueller, born in Madison, Wisconsin, was the first Olympic 1000 m champion when this distance was introduced to the Olympic program in 1976. Four years later he was 5th on his favourite distance.

Later he has had great success as a speed skating coach. He started the positiv development of Austrian speed skating during the 1980s. He was the coach of Bonnie Blair for the 1992 Olympic Games and Dan Jansen in Lillehammer 1994. Then he left his home country for France and later the Netherlands, where he successfully created a world class sprint team. He became national team coach of Norway before the 2003/2004-season and successfully brought the Norwegian speed skaters back into the world top within two years.

He was married to the American speed skater Leah Poulos, two times World Sprint Champion and three times Olympic silver medalist. He later married the Dutch speed skater Marianne Timmer.

Last updated on 19 December 2005 by Bjarte Hetland.

International Championship Results

Result Distance Date Tournament Venue
NC19 Allround Men Junior 21 January 1973 ISU Junior Championships Men 1973 Assen
NC27 Allround Men 10 February 1974 World Championships Men 1974 Inzell
6 Sprint Men 17 February 1974 World Sprint Championships Men 1974 Innsbruck
NC18 Allround Men Junior 19 February 1974 World Junior Championships Men 1974 Cortina d'Ampezzo
20 Sprint Men 16 February 1975 World Sprint Championships Men 1975 Göteborg
5 500 m Men 10 February 1976 Olympic Winter Games 1976 Innsbruck
Gold 1 1000 m Men 12 February 1976 Olympic Winter Games 1976 Innsbruck
Bronze 3 Sprint Men 7 March 1976 World Sprint Championships Men 1976 Berlin
Silver 2 Sprint Men 27 February 1977 World Sprint Championships Men 1977 Alkmaar
10 Sprint Men 12 February 1978 World Sprint Championships Men 1978 Lake Placid
4 Sprint Men 18 February 1979 World Sprint Championships Men 1979 Inzell
7 Sprint Men 10 February 1980 World Sprint Championships Men 1980 West Allis
5 1000 m Men 19 February 1980 Olympic Winter Games 1980 Lake Placid