Katharina Müller
Other namesMueller
Born (1995-09-12) 12 September 1995
Nizhnevartovsk, Russia
HometownGütersloh, Germany
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
CountryGermany
Skating clubERC Westfalen
Began skating2000
RetiredDecember 21, 2023

Katharina Müller (born 12 September 1995) is a retired German competitive ice dancer. With her skating partner Tim Dieck, she is a two-time German national champion and has won many senior international medals, including two silver medals on the ISU Challenger Series and three gold medals at the German NRW Trophy. They have represented Germany at the European and World championships.

Personal life

Katharina Müller was born on 12 September 1995 in Nizhnevartovsk, Russia.[1] She moved with her family to Germany in 1999.[2] As of 2017, she is studying teaching, English, and sports science at Ruhr University Bochum.[2]

Career

Early career

Müller began skating in 2000 in Bielefeld.[3][4] She took up ice dancing in 2009, teaming up with Justin Gerke.[2] The two were coached by Vladimir Tsvetkov in Berlin.[5] They parted ways after the 2012–13 season, Gerke having decided to retire from competition.[6]

2014–15 season

Vitali Schulz arranged a tryout between Müller and Tim Dieck.[6] They teamed up in April 2014, coached by Schulz und James Young in Dortmund.[2] Assigned to two Junior Grand Prix events, they placed eighth in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and seventh in Aichi, Japan. After winning the 2015 German junior national title, they were sent to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia; ranked thirteenth in the short dance, they qualified for the final segment and finished twelfth overall.

2015–16 season

Competing in the Challenger Series (CS), Müller/Dieck finished tenth in September at the 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy – their first senior international – and eighth the following month at the 2015 Mordovian Ornament. In November, they won bronze at the 2015 NRW Trophy before appearing at their third CS event, the 2015 Tallinn Trophy, where they placed fifth. They were awarded the silver medal at the German Championships in December, having finished second to Lorenz/Polizoakis, and took bronze at the Toruń Cup. Müller/Dieck were included in Germany's team to the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, but were eliminated after placing twenty-third in the short dance.[7]

In spring 2016, Müller/Dieck began training under Marina Zueva in Canton, Michigan, in addition to Schulz and Young in Dortmund.[2]

2016–17 season

Müller/Dieck competed at two Challenger events, placing twelfth at the 2016 CS U.S. Classic and ninth at the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They won gold at the NRW Trophy for the first time, and were the German national silver medalists for the second consecutive year[8]

2017–18 season

Competing three times on the Challenger series, Müller/Dieck were fifth at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup, sixth at the 2017 CS Ice Star, and eleventh at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. They won the silver medal at the German championships for the third consecutive year.[8]

2018–19 season

Again competing on the Challenger series three times, Müller/Dieck were seventh at both the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and ninth at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. They were invited to make their Grand Prix debut, placing seventh at the 2018 Skate America and tenth at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. NRW Trophy champions for the second time, they then won their fourth consecutive silver medal at the German championships.[8]

2019–20 season

Müller/Dieck's three Challenger competitions for the year were the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial, the 2019 CS Ice Star and the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they placed eighth, sixth and sixth, respectively. They did not return to the Grand Prix, but won the inaugural Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and the Open d'Andorra, followed by becoming German national champions for the first time.[8]

Müller/Dieck attended the European Championships for the first time in four seasons, placing thirteenth.[8] They were supposed to make their World Championship debut at the 2020 edition in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

2020–21 season

Despite the continued limitations of the pandemic on international competition, Müller/Dieck won their first Challenger medal, a silver at the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy, as well as their third gold medal at the NRW Trophy. Repeating as German national champions, they went on to make their World Championship debut at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, where they came in eighteenth.[8] This result qualified a berth for a German ice dance team at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[10]

2021–22 season

Müller/Dieck began the season at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, winning the silver medal. Dieck noted that it was "always special to win a medal in Germany", while Müller said "we were not competing for an Olympic spot here, but it was important to us for our national qualification and to prove that we are ready and want to go to the Olympic Games."[11] They came ninth at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy.[8]

Initially assigned to the 2021 Cup of China on the Grand Prix, upon its cancellation Müller/Dieck were reassigned to the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia.[12] They finished in eighth place.[13] They were sixth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria and second at the Open d'Andorra.[8]

Despite losing the German national title to rivals Janse van Rensburg/Steffan, Müller/Dieck were named to the German Olympic team. They first competed at the 2022 European Championships, finishing in twelfth place.[8]

Müller/Dieck began the 2022 Winter Olympics as the German entries in the rhythm dance segment of the Olympic team event, where they finished tenth among ten.[14] In the dance event, they were twenty-first in the rhythm dance, missing the cut for the free dance.[15]

The team encountered new difficulties following the Olympics, as Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and resultant tensions between Russia and Germany resulted in their being unable to return to their Moscow training location.[16]

Programs

With Dieck

Season Short dance Free dance
2021–2022
[17]
2020–2021
[18]
2019–2020
[19]
2018–2019
[20]
  • Tango
2017–2018
2016–2017
[1]
  • Blues: New Year's Blues
  • Swing: Jolie Coquine
  • Megecina
  • Tabakiera
  • Mahalageasca (Bucovina Dub)
2015–2016
[21]
  • Ave Maria
    by Thomas Spencer-Wortley
2014–2015
[22]

With Gerke

Season Short dance Free dance
2011–2012
[5]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Dieck

International[8]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics21st
WorldsC18th
Europeans23rd13th12th
GP Cup of ChinaC
GP Finland10th
GP FranceC
GP Italy8th
GP Skate America7th
CS Budapest Trophy2nd
CS Cup of Austria6th
CS Finlandia Trophy9th
CS Golden Spin11th7th6th
CS Ice Star6th6th
CS Mordovian8th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy10th9th7th2nd
CS Ondrej Nepela9th8th
CS Tallinn Trophy5th
CS U.S. Classic12th
CS Warsaw Cup5thC
Bavarian Open5th
Cup of Nice2nd9th
Denis Ten Memorial1st
Egna Trophy4thWD
Mezzaluna Cup5th
NRW Trophy3rd1st1st1st
Open d'Andorra2nd1st2nd
Universiade4th7th
Toruń Cup3rd
Volvo Open1st2nd
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds12th
JGP Japan7th
JGP Slovenia8th
Bavarian Open3rd
Ice Star4th
NRW Trophy1st
Santa Claus Cup3rd
National[8]
German Champ.1st J2nd2nd2nd2nd1st1st2nd
Team Events[8]
Olympics9th T
10th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
Levels: J = Junior

With Gerke

International[23]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13
Bavarian Open14th
Golden Spin15th
NRW Trophy11th
Pavel Roman14th
Volvo Open Cup8th
International: Junior[23]
JGP Latvia14th
Bavarian Open10th8th
NRW Trophy19th11th
Pavel Roman11th14th
Santa Claus Cup19th
Toruń Cup4th
National[23]
German Champ.9th J5th J2nd J4th
J = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Katharina Müller". mueller-dieck.de (in German).
    "Das Paar". mueller-dieck.de (in German).
  3. ↑ "Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck" (in German). Eissportverband NRW. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Interview Katharina Müller/Tim Dieck". figureskating-online.com (in German). 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Katharina MÜLLER / Justin GERKE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
  6. 1 2 Krispin, Lisa (13 December 2016). "Dortmunder Eistanzpaar will es zu Olympia 2018 schaffen" [Dortmund ice dancers aim for the 2018 Olympics]. dortmund24.de (in German).
  7. ↑ Volkmann, Fenja (3 February 2016). "Dieck/Müller von eigenem Auftritt enttäuscht" [Dieck/Müller disappointed by their own performance]. Ruhr Nachrichten (in German).
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Competition Results: Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK". International Skating Union.
  9. ↑ Ewing, Lori (March 11, 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
  10. ↑ "Communication No. 2388". International Skating Union. April 1, 2021.
  11. ↑ Flade, Tatjana (September 25, 2021). "Finland's Turkkila and Versluis dance off with Nebelhorn gold". Golden Skate.
  12. ↑ "Third ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event moves from Chongqing (CHN) to Torino (ITA)". International Skating Union. August 27, 2021.
  13. ↑ Slater, Paula (November 6, 2021). "Papadakis and Cizeron golden at Gran Premio d'Italia". Golden Skate.
  14. ↑ Slater, Paula (February 4, 2022). "Team USA leads Olympic Figure Skating Team Event". Golden Skate.
  15. ↑ Penny, Brandon (February 12, 2022). "How it went down: Olympic ice dance begins with hip-hop/blues programs". NBC Sports.
  16. ↑ "Russland verbietet Berliner Eislaufpaar die Einreise" [Russia bans Berlin skating couple entry] (in German). Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021.
  18. ↑ "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ↑ "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ↑ "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ↑ "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  22. ↑ "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  23. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Katharina MÜLLER / Justin GERKE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016.
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