Jutta Müller ( Lötzsch; born 13 December 1928) is a German former

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

and one of the most successful figure skating coaches worldwide.

Personal life

Jutta Lötzsch was born to Marie Lötzsch (née Prusky) and Emil Lötzsch, the 1930

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champion in

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. Her first marriage was to Wolfgang Seyfert. They had a daughter,

Gabriele Seyfert Gabriele "Gaby" Seyfert (later Rüger, then Messerschmidt, now Körner, born 23 November 1948) is a German former figure skater. She is a two-time World champion (1969, 1970), and the 1968 Olympic silver medalist. She is the first lady to suc ...

, before divorcing. Her second husband was Bringfried Müller (1931–2016), an East German soccer player.

Career

In 1949, Müller won the East German Championships in women's pair skating with partner Irene Salzmann. This category was created because of the lack of men in Germany after

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. In 1953, she won the ladies' singles bronze medal at the East German nationals. After World War II, Müller became a teacher of German and sports. In 1946, she became a member of the

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, the former East German communist party. She studied at the Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur in

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, and in 1955 she began coaching figure skating. Müller's first student was her own daughter Gabriele Seyfert, who twice won the World Championships (1969 and 1970). She also coached, among men,

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, Rico Krahnert and

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; and, among women,

Sonja Morgenstern Sonja Morgenstern (born 22 January 1955) is a German figure skating coach and former competitor. Morgenstern was coached by Jutta Müller in Chemnitz and represented the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt club and East Germany ( GDR). In 1966 she won the Sp ...

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Marion Weber Marion Weber (born 19 May 1959) is a former figure skater who competed for East Germany. She is the 1974 Richmond Trophy champion and 1977 Prague Skate silver medalist. Weber was selected to represent East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics ...

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and

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. Altogether, her students won three Olympic gold medals and ten world championship titles. In comparison,

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's students won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship titles. In 2004, Müller was admitted into the

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References

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* various German newspapers, collected over 60 years {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Jutta 1928 births Living people Sportspeople from Chemnitz German female single skaters German figure skating coaches Female sports coaches Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony