Tassilo Thierbach

Tassilo Thierbach (21 May 1956 – 19 April 2025) was a German pair skater. With partner Sabine Baeß, he was the 1982 World champion and a two-time European champion (1982, 1983).

Biography Baeß and 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.

All together, Thierbach skated with five partners: Romy Kermer (silver medallist at the Olympic Games with Rolf Österreich in 1976); Antje Heck; Petra Ronge; Sylvia Walter; and finally Sabine Baeß.

Baeß and Thierbach 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.

Thierbach ran the company Automaten Großaufstellung Tassilo Thierbach GmbH in Chemnitz. He also worked as figure skating coach in collaboration with Ingo Steuer in Chemnitz.

Thierbach died in Chemnitz on 19 April 2025, at the age of 68.

Results With Baeß 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

With Heck 1973 East German Championships: Bronze medalist with Antje Heck