Jette Müller: A leap into the future-from resignation to the EM medal!

Jette Müller: A leap into the future-from resignation to the EM medal!

The German jumping championships took place in Rostock last weekend and offered exciting competitions. Especially in the synchronized competition, only three couples competed, which guaranteed all participants a podium. Jette Müller, a promising jumper from Dresden, won three medals. However, the qualification for the most important competitions of the year was even more important. Müller competes directly from Rostock to the European Championship to Belek, Turkey, which begins on Thursday, followed by the swimming World Cup in Singapore at the end of July. [Saxon] reports that Müller had thought about a resignation two years ago, but has now decided to continue.

In the current season, Müller previously took part in World Cups in Mexico and Canada, where she and her team reached third place. After her Abitur, in which her friends, who trained with her in Rostock, stopped, she is now the only athlete of her year in the national team. Although she was good in the monster board discipline, which is not Olympic, her focus is now clearly at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Müller had to overcome her fear of difficult jumps from the three-meter board, an area that she had not trained for a long time. The national coach Christoph Bohm was able to convince them to continue, which turned out to be the right one.

collaboration with Lena Hentschel

in November last year Müller first jumped with Lena Hentschel after the experienced jumper Tina Punzel ended her career. This new constellation showed success last season: Müller and Hentschel took sixth place in the dubbing competition from the three-meter board at the Olympic Games with 288.69 points. To describe the competition: The Chinese duo Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen secured the gold medal with 337.68 points, while the American athletes Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook won silver with 314.64 points. Hentschel proudly commented on her performance and the personal punishment at the Olympic Finale, even if the freestyle was not entirely according to plan.

personal development and perspectives

After the Olympic Games, Müller moved to Dresden because she was the oldest athlete in her training group and the Neptune Hall in Rostock is closed for one year. As she misses the other jumpers, she often trains with Iris Schmidbauer, a cliff jumper who also hopes for a World Cup start in Singapore. Lena Hentschel will also come to Dresden in summer to train together with Müller. Müller has set high goals and plans to win a medal at the European Championship.

An aspect that distinguishes talented athletes such as Müller is the Olympic Mindset, which also emphasizes Lisa Mayer and Elisabeth Seitz as crucial for success at the Olympic Games. According to [Deutschlandfunk], perseverance and mental strength are indispensable to struggle through the ups and downs of sport. Incurrent challenges such as injuries or setbacks are often managed by resilience and determination. Exactly these properties would like to further develop Müller up to the games in Paris and go into the next competitions optimistically.