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

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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,

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sent her and other skaters to study coaching at the

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. She settled in

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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) * Uwe Kagelmann (1972 and 1976 Olympic pairs' bronze medalist) *

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(1976 Olympic pairs' silver medalist) * Alexander König (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,

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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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