Sabine Bischoff (21 May 1958 – 6 March 2013) was a German fencer.

Biography

Sabine Bischoff fought for the

Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim The Tauberbischofsheim Fencing Club (in German ''Fecht-Club Tauberbischofsheim eingetragener Verein''; commonly known as ''FC Tauberbischofsheim e. V.'') is a fencing club based in Tauberbischofsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Tauberbischo ...

. She won a gold medal in the team

foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ma ...

at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

, which was the first German Olympic gold medal in this event. Between 1979 and 1986 Bischoff won six medals at world championships in the same team foil event, including a gold in 1985; she lost the individual foil final in 1985 to her teammate

Cornelia Hanisch Cornelia Hanisch (; born 12 June 1952) is a retired German fencer. She won a gold medal in the team foil and a silver in the individual foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Between 1977 and 1985, she won ten medals in the foil at world championshi ...

. Bischoff had degrees in psychology, history and social sciences, and worked as a high school teacher after retiring from competitions. She died after a long, chronic disease. Her brother Stefan also competed in foil, but at a national level.

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* 1958 births 2013 deaths German female fencers Olympic fencers for West Germany Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Koblenz Fencers from Rhineland-Palatinate Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-fencing-bio-stub