Inge Wischnewski

Inge Wischnewski, née Kabisch, was a German figure skater and figure skating coach. She was a four-time East German national champion.

Career

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:

Christine Errath
Janina Wirth
Uwe Kagelmann
Rolf Österreich
Alexander König
Ralph Borghard
Heidemarie Steiner
Bernd Wunderlich
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.

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. She died in July 2010 after a short illness.