Sabine Baeß

Sabine Marbach, known professionally by her maiden name, Baeß, (born 15 March 1961) is a German former pair skater. With her 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 (now)

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.

They won their first European Championship, a bronze, in 1977 and their first World Championship medal, a bronze, in 1979. A mistake in the short program took them out of any chance of a medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid however, and they came in fifth overall. Baeß later began working as a figure skating coach in Berlin at the club TSC Berlin.

Skating style

Sabine and Tassilo were best known for their huge, consistent, and difficult throws. They were one of the first pairs to regularly do the throw triple loop, and also regularly performed a throw triple toe loop. They were an all around strong technical team with strong lifts, death spirals, side by side jumps, and a triple twist. They were less strong on the artistic side of the sport.

Personal life Baeß married Olaf Marbach and has a son named Moritz. She lives in Berlin and works in health care.

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 Blue Swords 2nd 1st 1st Golden Spin of Zagreb 1st 1st Skate America 1st National East German Championships 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st