Katharina Müller

Personal information
Other names	Mueller
Born	(1995-09-12)12 September 1995 (age 30) Nizhnevartovsk, Russia
Home town	Gütersloh, Germany
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Germany
Skating club	ERC Westfalen
Began skating	2000
Retired	December 21, 2023

Katharina Müller (born 12 September 1995) is a retired German competitiveice dancer. With her skating partnerTim Dieck, she is a two-timeGerman national champion and has won many senior international medals, including two silver medals on theISU Challenger Series and three gold medals at the GermanNRW Trophy. They have represented Germany at theEuropean andWorld championships.

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

Müller began skating in 2000 inBielefeld.^[3][4] She took up ice dancing in 2009, teaming up with Justin Gerke.^[2] The two were coached by Vladimir Tsvetkov inBerlin.^[5] They parted ways after the2012–13 season, Gerke having decided to retire from competition.^[6]

Vitali Schulz arranged a tryout between Müller andTim Dieck.^[6] They teamed up in April 2014, coached by Schulz und James Young inDortmund.^[2] Assigned to twoJunior Grand Prix events, they placed eighth inLjubljana, Slovenia, and seventh inAichi, Japan. After winning the2015 German junior national title, they were sent to the2015 World Junior Championships inTallinn, Estonia; ranked thirteenth in the short dance, they qualified for the final segment and finished twelfth overall.

Competing in theChallenger Series (CS), Müller/Dieck finished tenth in September at the2015 Nebelhorn Trophy – their first senior international – and eighth the following month at the2015 Mordovian Ornament. In November, they won bronze at the 2015 NRW Trophy before appearing at their third CS event, the2015 Tallinn Trophy, where they placed fifth. They were awarded the silver medal at the German Championships in December, having finished second toLorenz/Polizoakis, and took bronze at theToruń Cup. Müller/Dieck were included in Germany's team to the2016 European Championships inBratislava, Slovakia, but were eliminated after placing twenty-third in the short dance.^[7]

In spring 2016, Müller/Dieck began training underMarina Zueva inCanton, Michigan, in addition to Schulz and Young in Dortmund.^[2]

Müller/Dieck competed at twoChallenger events, placing twelfth at the2016 CS U.S. Classic and ninth at the2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They won gold at theNRW Trophy for the first time, and were the German national silver medalists for the second consecutive year^[8]

Competing three times on theChallenger series, Müller/Dieck were fifth at the2017 CS Warsaw Cup, sixth at the2017 CS Ice Star, and eleventh at the2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. They won the silver medal at the German championships for the third consecutive year.^[8]

Again competing on theChallenger series three times, Müller/Dieck were seventh at both the2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and the2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and ninth at the2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. They were invited to make theirGrand Prix debut, placing seventh at the2018 Skate America and tenth at the2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki.NRW Trophy champions for the second time, they then won their fourth consecutive silver medal at the German championships.^[8]

Müller/Dieck's threeChallenger competitions for the year were the2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial, the2019 CS Ice Star and the2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they placed eighth, sixth and sixth, respectively. They did not return to theGrand Prix, but won the inauguralDenis Ten Memorial Challenge and theOpen d'Andorra, followed by becoming German national champions for the first time.^[8]

Müller/Dieck attended theEuropean Championships for the first time in four seasons, placing thirteenth.^[8] They were supposed to make theirWorld Championship debut at the2020 edition inMontreal, but these were cancelled as a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

Despite the continued limitations of the pandemic on international competition, Müller/Dieck won their firstChallenger medal, a silver at the2020 CS Budapest Trophy, as well as their third gold medal at theNRW Trophy. Repeating as German national champions, they went on to make their World Championship debut at the2021 World Championships inStockholm, where they came in eighteenth.^[8] This resultqualified a berth for a German ice dance team at the2022 Winter Olympics inBeijing.^[10]

Müller/Dieck began the season at the2021 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 the2021 CS Finlandia Trophy.^[8]

Initially assigned to the2021 Cup of China on theGrand Prix, upon its cancellation Müller/Dieck were reassigned to the2021 Gran Premio d'Italia.^[12] They finished in eighth place.^[13] They were sixth at the2021 CS Cup of Austria and second at theOpen d'Andorra.^[8]

Despite losing the German national title to rivalsJanse van Rensburg/Steffan, Müller/Dieck were named to theGerman Olympic team. They first competed at the2022 European Championships, finishing in twelfth place.^[8]

Müller/Dieck began the2022 Winter Olympics as the German entries in the rhythm dance segment of theOlympic team event, where they finished tenth among ten.^[14] In thedance 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 resultant tensions between Russia and Germany resulted in their being unable to return to their Moscow training location.^[16]

Müller ultimately announced her retirement from competitive ice dance in December 2023.^[17]

Following her retirement, Müller moved toEgna, Italy to coach at the Young Goose Academy, alongsideMatteo Zanni andBarbora Řezníčková.^[18][19][20]

Her current and former students include:

• Olexandra Borysova /Aaron Freeman^[21]
• Darya Grimm /Grigorii Rodin^[22]
• Angelina Kudryavtseva /Ilia Karankevich^[23]
• Kateřina Mrázková /Daniel Mrázek^[24]
• Anna Šimová /Kirill Aksenov^[25]
• Myroslava Tkachenko /Riccardo Pesca^[26]
• Aneta Václavíková /Ivan Morozov^[27]

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

• Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck official website(in German)
• Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck at theInternational Skating Union
• Katharina Müller atOlympedia
• Katharina Müller atOlympics.com
• Katharina Müller atTeam Deutschland(in German)
• Katharina Müller onInstagram

• 1995 births
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• People from Nizhnevartovsk
• German female ice dancers
• Russian emigrants to Germany
• Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade
• Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade
• Figure skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
• Olympic figure skaters for Germany
• 21st-century German sportswomen

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