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.
31-609: 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 . 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
62-421: A good development of the grass-shrub layer is characteristic, in which the dominant value belongs to forest shrubs (blueberries, cranberries, watermelons, marsh bagulnik) and taiga smallgrass (Linnea Severnaya, kislitsa, maynik dvulistnogo). Shrubs are represented by Siberian mountain ash, individual specimens. Green mosses are always present in these forests. Nizhnevartovsk was founded in 1909 (or 1905), built as
93-424: A large village to a boomtown , Komsomol volunteers were brought in from across the country to construct the city, and Nizhnevartovsk's population skyrocketed from 2300 people in 1959 to 15,663 in 1970. Town status was granted to Nizhnevartovsk on March 9, 1972. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Nizhnevartovsk serves as the administrative center of Nizhnevartovsky District , even though it
124-564: A service point for merchant steamships operating on the Ob River to acquire stocks of firewood to power their boats. The new village had five homes with a population of eleven people, and was named Nizhnevartovskoye ( Нижневартовское ), in reference to the Vartovskaya River, a tributary of the Ob located 180 versts (190 km; 120 mi) downstream. In early 1924, Nizhnevartovsky Selsoviet
155-584: Is 180–200 days. In hydrographic terms, the taiga zone of the Ob river differs sharply from the forest-steppe zone adjacent to it from the South; this difference is primarily due to a change in the ratio of water balance elements. With a noticeable increase in precipitation, with a decrease in their losses to evaporation, surface runoff increases sharply here. In 2015, the largest flooding of territories adjacent to Nizhnevartovsk in thirty years occurred, including numerous dachas and gardening associations. The reason for
186-594: Is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra , Russia . Since the 1960s, the Western Siberian oil boom has led to Nizhnevartovsk's rapid growth from a small settlement to a city due to its location beside the Samotlor oil field along the right bank of the Ob River , 30 kilometers (19 mi) from the border with Tomsk Oblast , and the presence of the petroleum industry has made it one of
217-478: Is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the city of okrug significance of Nizhnevartovsk —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts . As a municipal division , the city of okrug significance of Nizhnevartovsk is incorporated as Nizhnevartovsk Urban Okrug . Nizhnevartovsk is the center of the West Siberian oil-producing region and one of
248-826: Is observed in February. Snow cover is formed in October—early November, and its descent is observed in late April-early may. As the entire district is equated to the regions of the Far North. In the Nizhnevartovsky district, as well as throughout the entire territory of the Middle Ob region, cedar (people in Russia called "cedar" some species of pine, in this case – Siberian pine ) forests are indigenous, and birch and aspen trees that have arisen in their place are derived. The basis of
279-604: The 2012–13 season, Gerke having decided to retire from competition. 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
310-576: The 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn , Estonia; ranked thirteenth in the short dance, they qualified for the final segment and finished twelfth overall. 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
341-460: 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. Müller/Dieck's three Challenger competitions for the year were the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial ,
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#1732916790489372-643: 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
403-575: The 2020 edition in Montreal , but these were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . 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
434-566: 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 . 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
465-478: 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. 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
496-518: 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
527-640: The Soviet Union until it is sabotaged , causing a major economic crisis which triggers World War III . 2019-20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating The 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from October 2019 through December 2019. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles , pair skating , and ice dance . Skaters earned points based on their placements at each event and
558-574: 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. GP: Grand Prix ; CS: Challenger Series ; JGP: Junior Grand Prix Nizhnevartovsk Nizhnevartovsk (Russian: Нижневартовск , IPA: [nʲɪʐnʲɪˈvartəfsk] )
589-650: 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
620-423: The average value of which is 5 °C. The annual precipitation rate is of the continental type. During the cold period, about 20% of the annual amount falls. Most of them fall in the first months of winter. The maximum annual precipitation falls in the summer months of the year — from June to August. In some years, the amount of precipitation may deviate significantly from the norm. The annual minimum precipitation
651-447: The district's forests is made up of three species: pine, cedar and birch. Among the forest formations, the area is dominated by pine trees. Cedar forests cover less than a quarter of the forested area. A third of the area is occupied by small-leaved forests. Pine trees are found on sandy and sandy loam strongly podzolic soils and are confined to elevated terrain areas. The most common types are lichen and cranberry pines. For cedar trees,
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#1732916790489682-439: The dynamics of water level rise was the climatic features of the spring period. Nizhnevartovsk is located in the continental climate zone. The climate is characterized by a long winter, long snow cover (200–210 days), short transitional seasons, late spring and early autumn frosts, short frost-free period (100–110 days), and short summer (10–14 weeks). Winter is characterized by significant inter-day variability in air temperature,
713-461: The following events. Skaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2019. They were also required to have earned a minimum total score at certain international events. The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019. At each event, skaters earned points toward qualifying for the Grand Prix Final . Following
744-571: The middle reaches of the Ob river on its right Bank. Moscow time+2 (Yekaterinburg time) Nizhnevartovsk, like the entire district, is located in the Moscow time zone+2 (Yekaterinburg time). The offset of the applied time relative to UTC is +5: 00 The main watercourse of the city is the Ob river, from the mouth of the Svitlaya Bayou to the Lokosovskaya Bayou. Within the Nizhnevartovsky district,
775-431: The section of the middle Ob river is 134 km long and the floodplain is 18 to 20 km wide. By the nature of the water regime, it belongs to the type of rivers with spring and summer floods and floods in the warm period of the year. The duration of the flood is on average 60–130 days. The appearance of ice formations on rivers is typical for the second half of October—early November. The average duration of ice build-up
806-552: The short dance. In spring 2016, Müller/Dieck began training under Marina Zueva in Canton, Michigan , in addition to Schulz and Young in Dortmund. 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 Competing three times on
837-528: The top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy . The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix . As part of a new ISU deal, the 2019–20 Grand Prix series was streamed live on YouTube with geographical restrictions. The ISU had always streamed the Junior Grand Prix internationally without restrictions. The series included
868-466: The wealthiest cities in Russia. Nizhnevartovsk is one of the few cities in Russia that exceeds the population of the administrative center of its federal subject . Population: 283,256 ( 2021 Census ) ; 251,694 ( 2010 Census ) ; 239,044 ( 2002 Census ) ; 241,457 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . Nizhnevartovsk is located in the Sredneobskaya lowland of the West Siberian plain in
899-465: The wealthiest cities in the country. Nizhnevartovsk is home to Nizhnevartovsk State University , a higher education institution with over 5,000 students. Nizhnevartovsk features prominently in the opening of Tom Clancy 's novel Red Storm Rising , which details a hypothetical war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact . In the novel, Nizhnevartovsk is depicted as a significant center for petroleum in
930-516: Was formed. Nizhnevartovsk remained a relatively small settlement until the 1960s when the Soviet authorities began widespread prospecting for the petroleum industry in the Western Siberia region, discovering the Samotlor oil field , one of the largest oil fields in the world, beneath the nearby Lake Samoltor to the north of Nizhnevartovsk. The discovery saw its rapid development and growth from
961-475: 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