Figure skating - Emotional farewell to figure skating coach Jutta Müller
Accompanied by the Titanic song "My Heart Will Go On", Jutta Müller was given an emotional farewell. On the day of her 95th birthday, the world's most successful figure skating coach was laid to rest at the municipal cemetery in Chemnitz on Wednesday. Around 100 mourners, including family members around her daughter Gaby Seyfert, companions and friends and above all her master students accompanied the once dazzling personality on her last journey.
In addition to the former mayor of Chemnitz, Barbara Ludwig, who emphasized Müller's fascinating impact, two-time Olympic champion Katarina Witt also spoke. In addition to the sporting highlights, she also recalled the difficult moments that had to be overcome. In addition to Witt, former athletes such as Jan Hoffmann, Ingo Steuer, Axel Salzmann, Annett Pötzsch and Aljona Savchenko paid their last respects to the coach.
At the age of 94, the "Iron Lady" of figure skating died on November 2 in a nursing home near Berlin. Born in Chemnitz, Müller, who began her coaching career at SC Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1955, won 57 medals with her protégés at the European Championships, World Championships and Olympic Games. She was a passionate coach who "really only thought about figure skating and left nothing to chance", Witt once said about her strict and authoritarian coach. "She recognized talent and was herself driven not to waste it."
The song "Time to Say Goodbye" was played at the end of the funeral service. Jutta Müller was buried alongside her husband Bringfried Müller, a former GDR national soccer player who died in 2016.
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- After her emotional farewell, renowned figure skater Katarina Witt shared stories of both the triumphs and challenges experienced under the tutelage of Jutta Müller in Saxony.
- In Chemnitz, where Jutta Müller was born and began her coaching career, notable figure skaters like Jan Hoffmann, Ingo Steuer, Axel Salzmann, Annett Pötzsch, and Olympic champion Aljona Savchenko paid their respects to the influential coach.
- Born in the same city as Gaby Seyfert, who was present at her 95th birthday celebration and funeral, legendary figure skating coach Jutta Müller from Saxony had an impressive career coaching protégés in figure skating events across Europe, the World Championships, and the Olympic Games.
Source: www.stern.de
