Sabine Baeß

Sabine Baeß
Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach, 1982
Born	(1961-03-15) 15 March 1961 Dresden, Saxony, East Germany
Figure skating career
Country	East Germany
Retired	1984
Medal record Representing East Germany Pair skating World Championships 1982 Copenhagen Pairs 1981 Hartford Pairs 1983 Helsinki Pairs 1979 Vienna Pairs 1984 Ottawa Pairs European Championships 1982 Lyon Pairs 1983 Dortmund Pairs 1984 Budapest Pairs 1979 Zagreb Pairs

Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach in Karl-Marx-Stadt, 1979

Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach in Karl-Marx-Stadt, 1983

Sabine Baeß, married Marbach, (born 15 March 1961) is a German former pair skater. With partner Tassilo Thierbach, she is the 1982 World champion and a two-time European champion (1982, 1983).

Career

Baeß/Thierbach were coached by Irene Salzmann in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) and represented the club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt. They were the only figure skating pair representing East Germany to win the World or European championships.

Baeß/Thierbach had to skip the 1981 Nationals and Europeans due to Thierbach's meniscus surgery in 1980.

After 1990 (the year of the German reunification), Baeß performed in ice shows with Tobias Schröter, a former East German champion in pair skating. They appeared in Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin.

Baeß later began working as a figure skating coach in Berlin at the club TSC Berlin.

Personal life

Baeß married Olaf Marbach and has a son named Moritz. She lives in Oranienburg, Brandenburg.

Results

Pairs with Thierbach

Event	1975-76	1976-77	1977-78	1978-79	1979-80	1980-81	1981-82	1982-83	1983-84
Winter Olympics					6th				4th
World Championships			5th	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd
European Championships		5th	4th	3rd	4th		1st	1st	2nd
East German Championships	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st		1st	1st	1st
Skate America					1st

References

East German news papers

• Junge Welt various issues 1980 to 1990
• Sportecho various issues from 1980 to 1990
• Bundesarchiv
• [1] SR/Olympic Sports