Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach in Karl-Marx-Stadt, 1983
Tassilo Thierbach (born May 21, 1956 in Chemnitz, Saxony) is a German is a German pair skater. With partner Sabine Baeß, he is the 1982 World Champion, and two-time European Champion (1982, 1983).
[edit] Life and work
The pair trained in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz) and skated for the club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt; their coach was Irene Salzmann. They were the only East Germans to win the title of World Champion in pair figure skating.
Tassilo Thierbach teamed up with 5 skating partners altogether: Romy Kermer (silver medallist at the Olympic Games with Rolf Österreich in 1976); Antje Heck; Petra Ronge; Sylvia Walter; and finally Sabine Baeß. In 1980 he suffered a meniscus injury to his knee, for which surgery was necessary. For this reason Baeß and Thierbach had to miss the Nationals and the Europeans in 1981.
Tassilo Thierbach was self-employed today and runs the company Automaten Großaufstellung Tassilo Thierbach GmbH in Chemnitz. He currently works as figure skating coach in the team of Ingo Steuer in Chemnitz.
[edit] Results
pairs (with Baeß)
[edit] East German Nationals
- 1973 – 3rd place with Antje Heck
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Sportecho, various issues 1984
- ISU statistics
- personal interview
- [1] SR/Olympic Sports
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| Name |
Thierbach, Tassilo |
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| Short description |
German figure skater |
| Date of birth |
May 21, 1956 |
| Place of birth |
Chemnitz, Saxony, East Germany |
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| Place of death |
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East Germany
