Katharina Müller
Katharina Müller (born 12 September 1995) is a 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 gold at the 2016 and 2018 NRW Trophy and silver at the 2016 International Cup of Nice. They placed 12th at the 2015 World Junior Championships.
Katharina Müller | |
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Personal information | |
Alternative names | Mueller |
Country represented | Germany |
Born | Nizhnevartovsk, Russia | 12 September 1995
Home town | Gütersloh, Germany |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Partner | Tim Dieck |
Former partner | Justin Gerke |
Coach | Vitali Schulz, James Young, Marina Zueva, Oleg Epstein |
Former coach | Vladimir Tsvetkov |
Choreographer | Massimo Scali, Mark Hanretty |
Former choreographer | Vladimir Tsvetkov, Daniel Stelter |
Skating club | ERC Westfalen |
Former skating club | SCC Berlin |
Training locations | Dortmund and Oberstdorf, Germany; Canton, Michigan, U.S. |
Former training locations | Toronto, Canada Berlin, Germany |
Began skating | 2000 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 150.14 2017 CS Warsaw Cup |
Short dance | 61.84 2017 CS Golden Spin |
Free dance | 90.49 2017 CS Warsaw Cup |
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 2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix events, they placed 8th in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and 7th in Aichi, Japan. After winning the 2015 German junior national title, they were sent to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia; ranked 13th in the short dance, they qualified for the final segment and finished 12th 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 Kavita Lorenz / Panagiotis 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 23rd 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]
Programs
With Dieck
Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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2020–2021 |
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2018-2019 |
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2017–2018 |
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2016–2017 [1] |
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2015–2016 [8] |
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2014–2015 [9] |
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With Gerke
Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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2011–2012 [5] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Dieck
International[10] | |||||||
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Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20-21 |
Worlds | C | TBD | |||||
Europeans | 23rd | 13th | |||||
GP France | C | ||||||
GP Finland | 10th | ||||||
GP Skate America | 7th | ||||||
CS Budapest | 2nd | ||||||
CS Golden Spin | 11th | 7th | 6th | ||||
CS Ice Star | 6th | 6th | |||||
CS Mordovian | 8th | ||||||
CS Nebelhorn | 10th | 9th | 7th | ||||
CS Ondrej Nepela | 9th | 8th | |||||
CS Tallinn Trophy | 5th | ||||||
CS U.S. Classic | 12th | ||||||
CS Warsaw Cup | 5th | C | |||||
Bavarian Open | 5th | ||||||
Cup of Nice | 2nd | 9th | |||||
Denis Ten Memorial | 1st | ||||||
Egna Trophy | 4th | WD | |||||
Mezzaluna Cup | 5th | ||||||
NRW Trophy | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
Open d'Andorra | 2nd | 1st | |||||
Universiade | 4th | 7th | |||||
Toruń Cup | 3rd | ||||||
Volvo Open | 1st | 2nd | |||||
International: Junior[10] | |||||||
Junior Worlds | 12th | ||||||
JGP Japan | 7th | ||||||
JGP Slovenia | 8th | ||||||
Bavarian Open | 3rd | ||||||
Ice Star | 4th | ||||||
NRW Trophy | 1st | ||||||
Santa Claus Cup | 3rd | ||||||
National[10] | |||||||
German Champ. | 1st J | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
J = Junior level TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event Cancelled |
With Gerke
International[11] | ||||
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Event | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 |
Bavarian Open | 14th | |||
Golden Spin | 15th | |||
NRW Trophy | 11th | |||
Pavel Roman | 14th | |||
Volvo Open Cup | 8th | |||
International: Junior[11] | ||||
JGP Latvia | 14th | |||
Bavarian Open | 10th | 8th | ||
NRW Trophy | 19th | 11th | ||
Pavel Roman | 11th | 14th | ||
Santa Claus Cup | 19th | |||
Toruń Cup | 4th | |||
National[11] | ||||
German Champ. | 9th J | 5th J | 2nd J | 4th |
J = Junior level |
References
- "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "Katharina Müller". mueller-dieck.de (in German).
"Das Paar". mueller-dieck.de (in German). - "Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck" (in German). Eissportverband NRW. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.
- "Interview Katharina Müller/Tim Dieck". figureskating-online.com (in German). 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014.
- "Katharina MÜLLER / Justin GERKE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
- 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).
- Volkmann, Fenja (3 February 2016). "Dieck/Müller von eigenem Auftritt enttäuscht" [Dieck/Müller disappointed by their own performance]. Ruhr Nachrichten (in German).
- "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "Competition Results: Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK". International Skating Union.
- "Competition Results: Katharina MÜLLER / Justin GERKE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016.