Inge Wischnewski
Inge Wischnewski | |
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![]() Wischnewski (left) in December 1962, with Heidemarie Steiner and Ralph Borghard | |
Other names | Inge Kabisch (birth) |
Born | (1930-03-02)2 March 1930 Weißenfels, Province of Saxony, Weimar Republic |
Died | 11 July 2010(2010-07-11) (aged 80) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | East Germany |
Retired | 1955 |
Inge Wischnewski, née Kabisch, (2 March 1930 – 11 July 2010) was a German figure skater and figure skating coach. She was a four-time East German national champion.
Career
Inge Kabisch won the East German national title four times, always beating Jutta Müller. Her strength were spins.[1] She was coached by Charlotte Giebelmann.
In 1956, Manfred Ewald sent her and other skaters to study coaching at the DHfK Leipzig.[1] She settled in East Berlin where she worked as a coach under her married name, Inge Wischnewski. Her students included:
- Christine Errath[2] (1974 World champion and 1976 Olympic bronze medalist)
- Janina Wirth (1982 World Junior champion)
- Uwe Kagelmann (1972 and 1976 Olympic pairs' bronze medalist)
- Rolf Österreich (1976 Olympic pairs' silver medalist)
- Alexander König (1982 World Junior men's bronze medalist and 1988 European pairs' bronze medalist)
- Ralph Borghard[2]
- Heidemarie Steiner
- Bernd Wunderlich[2] (1975 East German national champion)
- Kerstin Stolfig
Wischnewski coached in Norway 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).[1]
Personal life
Inge Kabisch was born on 2 March 1930 in Weißenfels, Weimar Republic. She married Heinz Wischnewski and took his surname. In 1958, she gave birth to their daughter, Ina.[2] She died in July 2010 after a short illness.[3][1]
Results
National | ||||
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Event | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 |
East German Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
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References
- ^ a b c d Hönel, Manfred (15 July 2010). "Pirouettenkönigin: Trainerin Inge Wischnewski gestorben" [Spin Queen: Coach Inge Wischnewski has died]. Neues Deutschland (in German).
- ^ a b c d Unger, Andreas (28 October 2010). "Inge Wischnewski (Geb. 1930)" [Inge Wischnewski (born 1930)]. Der Tagesspiegel (in German).
- ^ "Weltmeister-Trainerin Inge Wischnewski verstorben" [Coach of World champions Inge Wischnewski has died]. Deutsche Presse-Agentur (in German). Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 13 July 2010.
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- 1949: Gudrun Olbricht
- 1950: Brigitte Schnellhorn
- 1951: G. Poltin
- 1952–1955: Inge Kabisch
- 1956: M.-K. Dostmann
- 1960: Heidemarie Steiner
- 1961–1970: Gabriele Seyfert
- 1971–1973: Sonja Morgenstern
- 1974–1975: Christine Errath
- 1976–1980: Anett Pötzsch
- 1981–1988: Katarina Witt
- 1989: Evelyn Großmann
- 1990: Tanja Krienke