Inge Wischnewski

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 Wischnewski
Wischnewski (left) in December 1962, with Heidemarie Steiner and Ralph Borghard
Other names	Inge Kabisch (birth)
Born	(1930-03-02)2 March 1930 Weißenfels, Province of Saxony, Weimar Republic
Died	11 July 2010(2010-07-11) (aged 80)
Figure skating career
Country	East Germany
Retired	1955

Career

Inge Kabisch won the East German national title four times, always beating Jutta Müller. Her strength were spins.^[1] She was coached by Charlotte Giebelmann.

In 1956, Manfred Ewald sent her and other skaters to study coaching at the DHfK Leipzig.^[1] She settled in East Berlin where she worked as a coach under her married name, Inge Wischnewski. Her students included:

• Christine Errath^[2] (1974 World champion and 1976 Olympic bronze medalist)
• Janina Wirth (1982 World Junior champion)
• Uwe Kagelmann (1972 and 1976 Olympic pairs' bronze medalist)
• Rolf Österreich (1976 Olympic pairs' silver medalist)
• Alexander König (1982 World Junior men's bronze medalist and 1988 European pairs' bronze medalist)
• Ralph Borghard^[2]
• Heidemarie Steiner
• Bernd Wunderlich^[2] (1975 East German national champion)
• Kerstin Stolfig

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).^[1]

Personal life

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.^[2] She died in July 2010 after a short illness.^[3][1]

Results

National
Event	1952	1953	1954	1955
East German Championships	1st	1st	1st	1st