Jutta Müller, born Jutta Lötzsch (December 13, 1928) is a German former figure skater and one of the most successful figure skating coaches worldwide.

Born in Chemnitz

Chemnitz

Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...

, Saxony

Saxony

The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....

, she became East German champion 1949 in double women pair skating. This category was invented due to the lack of men in Germany after World War II

World War II

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. Her partner was Irene Salzmann. In 1953 she won the bronze medal at the East German nationals ladies event.

Jutta Müller's parents were Marie Lötzsch, born Prusky, and Emil Lötzsch, the 1930 Saxony champion in wrestling

Wrestling

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Jutta was first married to Wolfgang Seyfert. The couple had one daughter – Gabriele Seyfert

Gabriele Seyfert

Gabriele Seyfert is a retired German figure skater. She is a two-time world champion , and the 1968 Olympic silver medalist.-Biography:...

. The marriage ended in divorce.

Her second husband was Bringfried Müller, an East German soccer player.

After World War II, Jutta became at first a teacher for German and sport. In 1946, she became a member of the SED

Socialist Unity Party of Germany

The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the governing party of the German Democratic Republic from its formation on 7 October 1949 until the elections of March 1990. The SED was a communist political party with a Marxist-Leninist ideology...

, the former East German communist party. Later she studied sport at the DHfK Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

 and since 1955 she is a figure skating coach.

Jutta Müller is now one of the most successful figure skating coaches worldwide. Her first student was her own daughter Gabriele Seyfert, who twice won the world championships (1969 and 1970). Among others, she has also coached Günter Zöller

Günter Zöller

Günter Zöller is a German figure skater and figure skating coach.Zöller was a child when he began figure skating. His coach was Jutta Müller...

, Jan Hoffmann

Jan Hoffmann

Jan Hoffmann is a German figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. A four-time Olympian, he is the 1980 Olympic silver medalist, the 1974 & 1980 World Champion, and a four-time European Champion.He was one of a handful of figure skaters who rotated clockwise, landing on his left...

, Sonja Morgenstern

Sonja Morgenstern

thumb|Sonja Morgenstern is a German figure skater and figure skating coach.Morgenstern was coached by Jutta Müller in Chemnitz and represented the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt club and East Germany . In 1966 she won the Spartakiade in figure skating. Two years later she participated in the Winter Olympics...

, Anett Pötzsch

Anett Pötzsch

Anett Pötzsch is a retired German figure skater. She is the 1980 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, two-time world champion , four-time European champion and five-time East German champion ....

, Katarina Witt

Katarina Witt

Katarina Witt is a German figure skater and model. In Germany she was commonly called "Kati" in the past, but today her full name is used more often....

 and Evelyn Großmann

Evelyn Großmann

Evelyn Großmann is a German figure skater.She was representing first East Germany and later Germany after the German reunification in 1990. Evelyn Großmann was practicing in Chemnitz in Saxony...

. All together, her students won 3 Olympic gold medals and ten world champion titles. In comparison: Carlo Fassi

Carlo Fassi

Carlo Fassi was a well-known Italian figure skater and international coach whose students included several World and Olympic champions.-Career:Fassi was born in Milan....

's students won 4 Olympic gold medals and 8 world champion titles.

In 2004, she was admitted to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame

World Figure Skating Hall of Fame

The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame serves as a repository for the sport of figure skating. The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame is where the greatest names in the history of the sport are honored...

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See also

• Figure Skating
  Figure skating
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• World Figure Skating Championships
  World Figure Skating Championships
  The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...