Sabine Marbach, known professionally by her maiden name, Baeß, (born 15 March 1961) is a German former pair skater.
They were the only figure skating pair representing East Germany to win the World or European championships.
[1] 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.
They won both Europeans and Worlds in 1982, defeating the Soviet Union,[1] on the basis of huge throws and consistency.
They finished in second place, again to Valova & Vasiliev at the 1984 Europeans but went into the Sarajevo Olympics as one of the favorites for the gold medal.