Sabine Bischoff
Appearance
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Born | Koblenz, West Germany | 21 May 1958|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 March 2013 Weikersheim, Germany | (aged 54)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | FC Tauberbischofsheim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sabine Bischoff (21 May 1958 – 6 March 2013) was a German fencer.[1]
Biography
Sabine Bischoff fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim. She won a gold medal in the team foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 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.[2]
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.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "DFB trauert um Sabine Bischoff". fechten.org. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Sabine Bischoff Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
Categories:
- 1958 births
- 2013 deaths
- German female fencers
- Olympic fencers of West Germany
- Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- People from Koblenz
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate
- German Olympic medalist stubs
- German fencing biography stubs