Ludwig Müller (runner)

Ludwig Müller (25 January 1932 to 26 January 2022) was a German long-distance runner who raced the 3000 metres steeplechase and the 5000 and 10,000 metres. He became known as the hero from Augsburg after winning both the 5000 and 10,000 metres in a West Germany against Soviet Union athletics meeting held in Augsburg in 1958. He finished twelfth in the 5000 metres at the 1958 European Championships, sixth in the steeplechase at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and ran at the 1962 European Championships without reaching the final. At home he won the national 5000 metres title in 1958, the long-course cross-country title in 1959 and 1960 and the steeplechase title in 1963, running in turn for Weseler TV, FSV Frankfurt and KSV Hessen Kassel. His steeplechase best was 8:44.0 minutes, set in 1960. He died in Kassel at the age of 90.