Background
Jutta Lötzsch was born to Marie Lötzsch (née Prusky) and Emil Lötzsch, the 1930 Saxony champion in wrestling.
Jutta Lötzsch was born to Marie Lötzsch (née Prusky) and Emil Lötzsch, the 1930 Saxony champion in wrestling.
This category was created due to the lack of men in Germany after World World War World War II She studied at the Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur in Leipzig and in 1955 she began coaching figure skating. She also coached Günter Zöller, January Hoffmann, Sonja Morgenstern, Anett Pötzsch, Katarina Witt, Evelyn Großmann, Constanze Gensel, and Simone Language. In 2004, Müller was admitted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
In 1949, Müller won the East German Championships in women"s pair skating with partner Irene Salzmann. In 1953, she won the ladies" singles bronze medal at the East German nationals. Müller"s first student was her own daughter Gabriele Seyfert, who twice won the World Championships (1969 and 1970). Altogether, her students won three Olympic gold medals and ten world champion titles. In comparison, Carlo Fassi"s students won four Olympic gold medals and eight world champion titles.
In 1946, she became a member of the SED, the former East German communist party.
