Katharina Müller

Katharina Müller
Personal information
Country represented Germany
Born (1995-09-12) 12 September 1995
Nizhnevartovsk, Russia
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 128.82
2015 CS Tallinn Trophy
Short dance 53.60
2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Free dance 81.56
2015 CS Tallinn Trophy

Katharina Müller (born 12 September 1995) is a German competitive ice dancer. With her skating partner, Tim Dieck, she has won five senior international medals, including gold at the 2016 NRW Trophy and silver at the 2016 International Cup of Nice. They placed 12th at the 2015 World Junior 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 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 MNNT 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
2016–17
[1]
  • Blues: New Year's Blues
  • Swing: Jolie Coquine
  • Megecina
  • Tabakiera
  • Mahalageasca (Bucovina Dub)
2015–16
[8]
  • Ave Maria
    by Thomas Spencer-Wortley
2014–15
[9]

With Gerke

Season Short dance Free dance
2011–12
[5]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Dieck

International[10]
Event 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
European Champ. 23rd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 10th 9th
CS Mordovian Ornament 8th
CS Tallinn Trophy 5th
CS U.S. Classic 12th
Bavarian Open 5th
Cup of Nice 2nd
MNNT Cup 3rd
NRW Trophy 3rd 1st
Open d'Andorra 2nd
Universiade 4th
International: Junior[10]
World Junior Champ. 12th
JGP Japan 7th
JGP Slovenia 8th
Bavarian Open 3rd J
Ice Star 4th J
NRW Trophy 1st J
Santa Claus Cup 3rd J
National[10]
German Champ. 1st J 2nd 2nd
J = Junior level
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Gerke

International[11]
Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
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 J 8th J
MNNT Cup 4th J
NRW Trophy 19th J 11th J
Pavel Roman 11th J 14th J
Santa Claus Cup 19th J
National[11]
German Champ. 9th J 5th J 2nd J 4th
J = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.
  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. ↑ "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK". International Skating Union.
  11. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Katharina MÜLLER / Justin GERKE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016.
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