Thomas Müller (born 5 March 1961, in

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; South Franconian: ''Aschebersch'') is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is its administrative seat. Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...

) is a former

West German West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympic ...

skier who competed during the 1980s and early 1990s. He won the Nordic combined 3 x 10 km team event at the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

and also won gold medals in the 3 x 10 km team events at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship e ...

in both 1985 and 1987. Since the 2004/2005 season he has been the head coach of the Nordic Combined at the Oberstdorf Sports School. In 2009, Thomas Müller was voted Coach of the Year in the Nordic Combined.

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* 1961 births Living people German male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers of West Germany Nordic combined skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Olympic medalists in Nordic combined People from Aschaffenburg Sportspeople from Lower Franconia FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Universiade medalists in nordic combined Universiade gold medalists for West Germany Competitors at the 1985 Winter Universiade 20th-century German people {{nordic-skiing-bio-stub