Katharina Müller

{{short description|German ice dancer}}

{{Infobox figure skater

|name= Katharina Müller

|image=2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki Katharina Müller Tim Dieck 2018-11-02 20-25-01 (4).jpg

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|fullname=

|altname=Mueller

|country= Germany

|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1995|9|12|df=yes}}

|birth_place= Nizhnevartovsk, Russia

|hometown= Gütersloh, Germany

|residence=

|height= {{height|m=1.70}}

|partner=

|formerpartner= Tim Dieck, Justin Gerke

|coach=

|formercoach= Anjelika Krylova, Vitali Schulz, Martin Skotnicky, Vladimir Tsvetkov, James Young, Marina Zueva, Oleg Epstein

|choreographer=

|formerchoreographer= Elena Maslenikova, Ilia Averbukh, Anjelika Krylova, Vladimir Tsvetkov, Daniel Stelter, Massimo Scali, Mark Hanretty

|skating club= ERC Westfalen

|former skating club= SCC Berlin

|currenttraininglocations=

|formertraininglocations= Dortmund, Germany
Oberstdorf, Germany
Moscow, Russia Toronto, Canada
Berlin, Germany
Canton, Michigan, U.S.

|beganskating= 2000

|retired= December 21, 2023

|dance score= 173.74

|dance date= 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

|SD score= 69.73

|SD date= 2021 CS Cup of Austria

|FD score= 105.27

|FD date= 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

|worldranking=23 (2020–21)
42 (2019–20)
44 (2018–19)
50 (2017–18)
44 (2016–17)
57 (2015–16)
58 (2014–15)}}

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. She moved with her family to Germany in 1999. As of 2017, she is studying teaching, English, and sports science at Ruhr University Bochum.

Career

= Early career =

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

= 2014–15 season =

Vitali Schulz arranged a tryout between Müller and Tim Dieck. They teamed up in April 2014, coached by Schulz und James Young in Dortmund. 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.

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

= 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

= 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.

= 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.

= 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.

Müller/Dieck attended the European Championships for the first time in four seasons, placing thirteenth. 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.

= 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. This result qualified a berth for a German ice dance team at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

= 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." They came ninth at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy.

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. They finished in eighth place. They were sixth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria and second at the Open d'Andorra.

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.

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. In the dance event, they were twenty-first in the rhythm dance, missing the cut for the free dance.

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.

Programs

= With Dieck =

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

! Season

! Short dance

! Free dance

2021–2022

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2020–2021

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2019–2020

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2018–2019

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  • Tango

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2017–2018

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2016–2017

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  • {{small|Blues:}} New Year's Blues
  • {{small|Swing:}} Jolie Coquine

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  • Megecina
  • Tabakiera
  • Mahalageasca (Bucovina Dub)
2015–2016

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  • Ave Maria
    {{small| by Thomas Spencer-Wortley }}
2014–2015

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= With Gerke =

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

! Season

! Short dance

! Free dance

2011–2012

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  • Milonga Triste
    {{small| by Victor Hugo Díaz }}
  • Tango Stazo
    {{small| by Leandra Gamine }}

Competitive highlights

= With Dieck =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | International
Event

! 14–15

! 15–16

! 16–17

! 17–18

! 18–19

! 19–20

! 20–21

! 21–22

align=left | Olympics21st
align=left | WorldsC18th
align=left | Europeans23rd13th12th
align=left | {{small|GP}} Cup of ChinaC
align=left | {{small|GP}} Finland10th
align=left | {{small|GP}} FranceC
align=left | {{small|GP}} Italy8th
align=left | {{small|GP}} Skate America7th
align=left | {{small|CS}} Budapest Trophybgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=left | {{small|CS}} Cup of Austria6th
align=left | {{small|CS}} Finlandia Trophy9th
align=left | {{small|CS}} Golden Spin11th7th6th
align=left | {{small|CS}} Ice Star6th6th
align=left | {{small|CS}} Mordovian8th
align=left | {{small|CS}} Nebelhorn Trophy10th9th7thbgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=left | {{small|CS}} Ondrej Nepela9th8th
align=left | {{small|CS}} Tallinn Trophy5th
align=left | {{small|CS}} U.S. Classic12th
align=left | {{small|CS}} Warsaw Cup5thC
align=left | Bavarian Open5th
align=left | Cup of Nicebgcolor=silver | 2nd9th
align=left | Denis Ten Memorialbgcolor=gold | 1st
align=left | Egna Trophy4thWD
align=left | Mezzaluna Cup5th
align=left | NRW Trophybgcolor=cc9966 | 3rdbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=gold | 1st
align=left | Open d'Andorrabgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=left | Universiade4th7th
align=left | Toruń Cupbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=left | Volvo Openbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=silver | 2nd
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | International: Junior
align=left | Junior Worlds12th
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Japan7th
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Slovenia8th
align=left | Bavarian Openbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=left | Ice Star4th
align=left | NRW Trophybgcolor=gold | 1st
align=left | Santa Claus Cupbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | National
align=left | German Champ.bgcolor=gold | 1st Jbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=silver | 2nd
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | Team Events
align=left | Olympics9th T
10th P
colspan=9 align=center | TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
Levels: J = Junior

= With Gerke =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International
Event

! 09–10

! 10–11

! 11–12

! 12–13

align=left | Bavarian Open14th
align=left | Golden Spin15th
align=left | NRW Trophy11th
align=left | Pavel Roman14th
align=left | Volvo Open Cup8th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International: Junior
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Latvia14th
align=left | Bavarian Open10th8th
align=left | NRW Trophy19th11th
align=left | Pavel Roman11th14th
align=left | Santa Claus Cup19th
align=left | Toruń Cup4th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | National
align=left | German Champ.9th J5th Jbgcolor=silver | 2nd J4th
colspan=5 align=center | J = Junior level

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{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00034671.htm |title= Competition Results: Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK |publisher= International Skating Union }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034671.htm |title= Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2014/2015 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150520205719/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034671.htm |archivedate= 20 May 2015 |url-status= unfit }}

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