Sabine Baeß

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.

Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach in Karl-Marx-Stadt , 1979
Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach in Karl-Marx-Stadt, 1983