Gustav "Gustl" Müller (23 October 1903 – 20 September 1989) was a German
Nordic combined
Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...
and
cross-country skier.
Müller was born in
Bayrischzell
Bayrischzell is a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
Bayrischzell is located in the Mangfallgebirge between Schliersee in the West and Oberaudorf in the East. It is located at the foot of Wendelstein m ...
. At the age of 24 years, he participated at
Nordic combined
Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...
of the
1928 Winter Olympics
The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...
, where he placed 21st in the final ranking. He also particiinted at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933 took place on 8–12 February 1933 in Innsbruck, Austria. This event would also debut the 4 x 10 km relay.
Men's cross country
18 km
10 February 1933
50 km
12 February 1933
4 × 10 km ...
, and was member of the Bronze teams at the first and second edition of the legendary
Trofeo Mezzalama race, in 1933 together with
Willy Bogner and
Matthias Wörndle,
[''Rielaborazione storia libro Camisasca''](_blank)
and in 1934 together with
Franz Fischer and Matthias Wörndle.
''Trofeo Mezzalama - Ein Hochgebirgswettlauf der Sonderklasse''
, p. 44.
Further notable results:
* 1927:
** 1st, German Nordic combined championships, individual
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** 1st, German cross-country skiing championships, relay, together with Viktor Schneider, Ernst Huber, Hans Bauer and Hans Theato[German cross-country skiing champions](_blank)
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* 1929: 1st, German Nordic combined championships, individual
External links
*
Photo of Bogner and Müller
References
1903 births
1989 deaths
German male Nordic combined skiers
German male cross-country skiers
German male ski mountaineers
Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Germany
Nordic combined skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics
People from Miesbach (district)
Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria
20th-century German people
People from the Kingdom of Bavaria
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