Inge Wischnewski,

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Kabisch, (2 March 1930 – 11 July 2010) was a German

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and figure skating coach. She was a four-time

East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

national champion.

Career

Inge Kabisch won the East German national title four times, always beating

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. Her strength were

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. She was coached by Charlotte Giebelmann. In 1956, Manfred Ewald sent her and other skaters to study coaching at the DHfK Leipzig. She settled in

East Berlin East Berlin (; ) was the partially recognised capital city, capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French se ...

where she worked as a coach under her married name, Inge Wischnewski. Her students included: *

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(1974 World champion and 1976 Olympic bronze medalist) * Janina Wirth (1982 World Junior champion) *

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(1972 and 1976 Olympic pairs' bronze medalist) *

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(1976 Olympic pairs' silver medalist) *

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(1982 World Junior men's bronze medalist and 1988 European pairs' bronze medalist) *

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* Bernd Wunderlich (1975 East German national champion) * Kerstin Stolfig Wischnewski coached in

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from 1991 to 1996, after which she returned to Berlin. Her former student, Christine Errath, wrote a book about her titled ''Die Pirouettenkönigin'' (The Spin Queen).

Personal life

Inge Kabisch was born on 2 March 1930 in

Weißenfels Weißenfels (; often written in English as Weissenfels) is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approximately south of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle. His ...

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. She married Heinz Wischnewski and took his surname. In 1958, she gave birth to their daughter, Ina. She died in July 2010 after a short illness.

Results

References

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