Rider

Wolfgang Muller

Wolfgang Müller (* October 6 1931 at Landsberg on the Warta River , Empire ) is a former German dressage rider and riding champion. Mueller was now Polish Landsberg was born on the Warta River. By fleeing the Second World War he was in the later GDR. in Halle (Saale), he got a job as a stud guard at the former State Stud Hall cross and went through here, his equestrian basic training. early 1960 he joined the Army Sports Club (ASK) Forward Berlin , and was five times in a row DDR Champion in dressage. During this time he held the rank of sergeant .

Then he was for the ASK forward Potsdam worked, his teachers have included Werner Eggers and Willi Lorenz. During this time he and his participation with Horst Köhler , and Gerhard Brockmüller at the Olympic Games in 1968 and 1972 . 1968 as he masters the sport excellent.
After the Olympic Games in 1972 to promote the equestrian sport was discontinued in the GDR. Mueller eventually moved to Löbnitz , where he is at the LPG plant production Löbnitz, was among other things, a nationally recognized horse breeding operation, the training of riders dedicated . His pupils included among others, the sisters Ina Saalbach and Saalbach Anke .

He also rode for tractor Löbnitz still active and has been several times in the 1970s and 1980s, East German masters. Also in the show jumping, he was active up to advanced level.

Beginning of the year 1999 he received the title was riding champion awarded.

Private

In the 1990s he married himself up to Grand Prix -level riding Ina Saalbach. In Löbnitz he is still involved in local equestrian club and staged here a dressage quadrille involving his wife.

Successes

Summer Olympics :
1968 in Mexico City : with "Mario" fourth place (team), 16 room (single)
1972 in Munich : with "Semafor" 5th place (team), 16 room (single)
World Championships :
1970 in Aachen : with "Mario" bronze (team)
European Championships
1969 in Wolfsburg : with "Mario" silver (team)
East German Championships Men:
Gold: 1961 to 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974-1976, 1982
Silver: 1966 to 1968, 1978, 1981
Bronze: 1979, 1980

Wolfgang Muller




Wolfgang Muller