Tassilo Thierbach

Tassilo Thierbach
Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach, 1982
Personal information
Country represented	East Germany
Born	(1956-05-21) 21 May 1956 (age 60) Karl-Marx-Stadt, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Former partner	Sabine Baeß
Retired	1984
Medal record Representing  East Germany Pairs' Figure skating World Championships 1984 Ottawa Pairs 1983 Helsinki Pairs 1982 Copenhagen Pairs 1981 Hartford Pairs 1979 Vienna Pairs European Championships 1984 Budapest Pairs 1983 Dortmund Pairs 1982 Lyon Pairs 1979 Zagreb Pairs

Tassilo Thierbach (born 21 May 1956) is a German former pair skater. With partner Sabine Baeß, he is the 1982 World champion and a two-time European champion (1982, 1983).

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.

Thierbach skated with five partners altogether: Romy Kermer (silver medallist at the Olympic Games with Rolf Österreich in 1976); Antje Heck; Petra Ronge; Sylvia Walter; and finally Sabine Baeß. In 1980 he suffered a meniscus injury to his knee, for which surgery was necessary. For this reason Baeß and Thierbach had to miss the Nationals and the Europeans in 1981.

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