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mueller in 2009 -lrb- photo : bjarte hetland -rrb- madison , wisconsin , u.s. lightsteelblue 250px july 27 , 1954 peter mueller 2009.jpg peter mueller -lrb- speed skater -rrb-
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peter mueller -lrb- speed skater -rrb-

peter alan mueller -lrb- born july 27 , 1954 in madison , wisconsin -rrb- is an american former speed skater and currently a speed skating coach .
peter mueller was the first olympic champion on the 1000 m , when this distance was introduced at the 1976 winter olympics in innsbruck .
more international successes followed at the world sprint championships , where he won bronze in 1976 and silver in 1977 .
his last appearance as a speed skater was at the 1980 winter olympics in lake placid , where he placed 5th in the 1000 m , 1.93 seconds behind the winning time of eric heiden .
