Tim Dieck

Tim Dieck (born 7 April 1996) is a German competitive ice dancer. With his skating partner Katharina Müller, he is 2020 German national champion and has won seven senior international medals, including gold at the 2016 and 2018 NRW Trophy and silver at the 2016 International Cup of Nice. They placed 12th at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

Tim Dieck
Personal information
Country representedGermany
Born (1996-04-07) 7 April 1996
Dortmund, Germany
Home townDortmund
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
PartnerKatharina Müller
Former partnerFlorence Clarke, Dana Wehner
CoachVitali Schulz, James Young, Marina Zueva, Oleg Epstein
ChoreographerMassimo Scali, Mark Hanretty
Skating clubERC Westfalen
Training locationsDortmund and Oberstdorf, Germany; Canton, Michigan, U.S.
Former training locationsToronto, Canada
Began skating2002
ISU personal best scores
Combined total150.14
2017 CS Warsaw Cup
Short dance61.84
2017 CS Golden Spin
Free dance90.49
2017 CS Warsaw Cup

Personal life

Tim Dieck was born on 7 April 1996 in Dortmund, Germany. His parents, Martina and Frieder, are involved in figure skating as a coach and judge, respectively, and his sister, Dominique, formerly competed in ice dancing.[1][2] As of 2017, he is studying sports science at Ruhr University Bochum.[3] He is a soldier-athlete in the Bundeswehr.[4]

Career

Early career

Dieck started skating in 2000 and took up ice dancing in 2011.[3] He skated with Dana Wehner in the 2011–12 season. They placed 9th at the 2012 German Junior Championships.[5]

In 2012–13, Dieck began competing with Florence Clarke. They were 5th at the 2013 German Junior Championships. The following season, they debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, finishing 9th in Riga, Latvia and 15th in Gdańsk, Poland. They were also assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, but were eliminated after placing 27th in the short dance.[6] Clarke decided to retire at the end of the season.[7][8]

2014–15 season

Vitali Schulz arranged a tryout between Dieck and Katharina Müller.[8] They teamed up in April 2014, coached by Schulz und James Young in Dortmund.[3] Assigned to two 2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix events, they placed 8th in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and 7th in Aichi, Japan. After winning the 2015 German junior national title, they were sent to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia; ranked 13th in the short dance, they qualified for the final segment and finished 12th 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 Kavita Lorenz / Panagiotis 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 23rd in the short dance.[9]

In spring 2016, Müller/Dieck began training under Marina Zueva in Canton, Michigan, in addition to Schulz and Young in Dortmund.[3]

Programs

With Müller
Season Short dance Free dance
2018-2019
  • Tango
2016–2017
[1]
  • Blues: New Year's Blues
  • Swing: Jolie Coquine
  • Megecina
  • Tabakiera
  • Mahalageasca (Bucovina Dub)
2015–2016
[10]
  • Ave Maria
    by Thomas Spencer-Wortley
2014–2015
[11]

With Clarke
Season Short dance Free dance
2013–2014
[12]
  • Slow Fox: I Will Wait For You
  • Quickstep: Puttin' on the Ritz
    by Irving Berlin
  • Moonlight Sonata
  • Still

Competitive highlights

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

With Müller
International[13]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Europeans23rd13th
GP Finland10th
GP Skate America7th
CS Golden Spin11th7th6th
CS Ice Star6th6th
CS Mordovian8th
CS Nebelhorn10th9th7th
CS Ondrej Nepela9th8th
CS Tallinn Trophy5th
CS U.S. Classic12th
CS Warsaw Cup5th
Bavarian Open5th
Cup of Nice2nd9th
Denis Ten Memorial1st
Egna Trophy4th
Mezzaluna Cup5th
NRW Trophy3rd1st1st
Open d'Andorra2nd1st
Toruń Cup3rd
Universiade4th7th
Volvo Open1st2nd
International: Junior[13]
Junior Worlds12th
JGP Japan7th
JGP Slovenia8th
Bavarian Open3rd
Ice Star4th
NRW Trophy1st
Santa Claus Cup3rd
National[13]
German Champ.1st J2nd2nd2nd2nd1st
J = Junior level
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Clarke
International[6]
Event 2012–13 2013–14
World Junior Champ.27th
JGP Latvia9th
JGP Poland15th
Bavarian Open13th J5th J
Ice Star6th J
NRW Trophy14th J4th J
Volvo Open Cup4th J
National[6]
German Champ.5th J
J = Junior level

With Wehner
International[5]
Event 2011–12
NRW Trophy17th J
Santa Claus Cup14th J
National[5]
German Championships9th J
J = Junior level
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References
  1. "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. "Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck" (in German). Eissportverband NRW. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.
  3. "Tim Dieck". mueller-dieck.de (in German).
    "Das Paar". mueller-dieck.de (in German).
  4. Nachtigäller, Petra (10 March 2017). "Müller/Dieck: Geteilte Leidenschaft, gemeinsame Ziele" [Müller/Dieck: Shared passion, common goals]. Ruhr Nachrichten (in German).
  5. "Competition Results: Dana WEHNER / Tim DIECK". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016.
  6. "Competition Results: Florence CLARKE / Tim DIECK". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016.
  7. "Interview Katharina Müller/Tim Dieck". figureskating-online.com (in German). 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014.
  8. Krispin, Lisa (13 December 2016). "Dortmunder Eistanzpaar will es zu Olympia 2018 schaffen" [Dortmund ice dancers aim for the 2018 Olympics]. dortmund24.de (in German).
  9. Volkmann, Fenja (3 February 2016). "Dieck/Müller von eigenem Auftritt enttäuscht" [Dieck/Müller disappointed by their own performance]. Ruhr Nachrichten (in German).
  10. "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  11. "Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  12. "Florence CLARKE / Tim DIECK: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
  13. "Competition Results: Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK". International Skating Union.
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