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Tassilo Thierbach

Tassilo Thierbach
Tassilo Thierbach, 1982
Born (1956-05-21) 21 May 1956 (age 68)
Karl-Marx-Stadt, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height5 ft 6.5 in (169 cm)
Figure skating career
CountryEast Germany
Retired1984
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Pairs' Figure skating
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Ottawa Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1983 Helsinki Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1982 Copenhagen Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1981 Hartford Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Vienna Pairs
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1984 Budapest Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1983 Dortmund Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1982 Lyon Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Zagreb Pairs
Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach in Karl-Marx-Stadt, 1979
Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach in Karl-Marx-Stadt, 1983

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).

Life and career

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.

Altogether, Thierbach skated with five partners: Romy Kermer (silver medallist at the Olympic Games with Rolf Österreich in 1976); Antje Heck; Petra Ronge; Sylvia Walter; and finally Sabine Baeß.


Baeß and Thierbach won their first European Championship, a bronze, in 1977 and their first World Championship medal, a bronze, in 1979.[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.[1]


They won both Europeans and Worlds in 1982, defeating the Soviet Union,[1] on the basis of huge throws and consistency. They defended their European titles in 1983 but despite two clean programs were beaten by Russian newcomers Elena Valova and Oleg Vassiliev, who they had just defeated at the Europeans and led after the short program here. This was a controversial result to many people as Elena put her hands down on a throw.

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. They came in fourth place the Sarajevo Olympics.[1]


From 1977 to 1989, he was a Stasi informer under the codename "Gehrhard".[2]

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.

Results

With Baeß

Event 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84
Winter Olympics 6th 4th
World Championships 5th 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd
European Championships 5th 4th 3rd 4th 1st 1st 2nd
East German Championships 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Skate America 1st

With Heck

  • 1973 East German Championships: Bronze medalist with Antje Heck

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.
  2. ^ Welt-Online: Eiskunstlauf-Stasifall sorgt für Erklärungsnot
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