Anna-Maria Müller

Anna-Maria Müller (later Murach, 23 February 1949 – 23 August 2009) was an East German luger who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. At the previous Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she initially finished second after the competition was halted to three runs due to bad weather, but was disqualified with her East German teammates Ortrun Enderlein and Angela Knösel (who was fourth) when it was discovered that they had illegally heated their runners (which are used to guide the luge on the ice as it maneuvers down the track). Enderlein, who was leading at the time, and Müller were stripped of their respective medals as a result.[1]

Anna-Maria Müller

Anna-Maria Müller in 1971
Personal information
Born	23 February 1949 Friedrichroda, Thuringia, Germany
Died	23 August 2009 (aged 60) Berlin, Germany
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Luge
Club	SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal
Medal record Representing  East Germany Olympic Games Disqualified 1968 Grenoble Singles 1972 Sapporo Singles World Championships 1969 Königssee Singles European Championships 1970 Hammarstrand Singles 1972 Königssee Singles

Upon her Olympic victory in Sapporo, Müller explained that she enjoyed luge because it "...provided a harmonius counterbalance to my work as a pharmacist."

Müller also won a silver medal at the 1969 FIL World Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany, as well as two medals at the FIL European Luge Championships: a gold in 1970 and a bronze in 1972.[1]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anna-Maria Müller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2019.

External links

• "Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Women's luge". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
• "Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton". Archived from the original on 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
• "Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton". Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
• Kluge, Volker. (2000). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. (in German)
• "SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
• "List of European luge champions" (in German). Archived from the original on 2008-03-25. Retrieved 2007-07-16.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Luge: Women's Singles". In The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896–1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 577.