Inge Wischnewski
| Inge Wischnewski | |
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Wischnewski (left) in December 1962, with Heidemarie Steiner and Ralph Borghard
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| Personal information | |
| Alternative names | Inge Kabisch (birth) |
| Country represented | East Germany |
| Born |
2 March 1930 Weißenfels, Province of Saxony, Weimar Republic |
| Died | 11 July 2010 (aged 80) |
| Former coach | Charlotte Giebelmann |
| Retired | 1955 |
Inge Wischnewski, née Kabisch, (2 March 1930 – 11 July 2010) was a German figure skater and figure skating coach. She was a four-time East German national champion.
Inge Kabisch won the East German national title four times, always beating Jutta Müller. Her strength were spins. She was coached by Charlotte Giebelmann.
In 1956, Manfred Ewald sent her and other skaters to study coaching at the DHfK Leipzig. She settled in East Berlin where she worked as a coach under her married name, Inge Wischnewski. Her students included:
Wischnewski coached in Norway from 1991 to 1996, after which she returned to Berlin. Her former student, Christine Errath, wrote a book about her titled Die Pirouettenkönigin (The Spin Queen).
Inge Kabisch was born on 2 March 1930 in Weißenfels, Weimar Republic. She married Heinz Wischnewski and took his surname. In 1958, she gave birth to their daughter, Ina. She died in July 2010 after a short illness.
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