{{Short description|German figure skater and coach}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Inge Wischnewski |image= Bundesarchiv Bild 183-A1216-0007-002, Ralph Borghardt, Heidi Steiner, Inge Wichnewski.jpg |caption= Wischnewski (left) in December 1962, with Heidemarie Steiner and Ralph Borghard |fullname= |altname= Inge Kabisch (birth) |country= East Germany |birth_date= {{birth date|1930|03|02|df=yes}} |birth_place= Weißenfels, Province of Saxony, Weimar Republic |death_date= {{Death date and age|2010|07|11|1930|03|02|df=yes}} |death_place= |hometown= |height= |beganskating= |retired= 1955 }} '''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.
== Career == Inge Kabisch won the East German national title four times, always beating Jutta Müller. Her strength were spins.<ref name=ND100715/> She was coached by Charlotte Giebelmann.
In 1956, Manfred Ewald sent her and other skaters to study coaching at the DHfK Leipzig.<ref name=ND100715/> She settled in East Berlin where she worked as a coach under her married name, Inge Wischnewski. Her students included: * Christine Errath<ref name=TS101028/> (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<ref name=TS101028/> * Heidemarie Steiner * Bernd Wunderlich<ref name=TS101028/> (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).<ref name=ND100715/>
== 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.<ref name=TS101028/> She died in July 2010 after a short illness.<ref name=DPA100713/><ref name=ND100715/>
==Results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | National |- ! Event ! 1952 ! 1953 ! 1954 ! 1955 |- | align=left | East German Championships || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st |}
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<ref name=DPA100713>{{cite news |url= http://www.mz-web.de/sport/eiskunstlauf-weltmeister-trainerin-inge-wischnewski-verstorben,20641306,17718408.html |title= Weltmeister-Trainerin Inge Wischnewski verstorben |language= German |trans-title=Coach of World champions Inge Wischnewski has died |work= Deutsche Presse-Agentur |publisher= Mitteldeutsche Zeitung |date= 13 July 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name=ND100715>{{cite news |url= http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/175278.pirouettenkoenigin.html |title= Pirouettenkönigin: Trainerin Inge Wischnewski gestorben |language= German |trans-title=Spin Queen: Coach Inge Wischnewski has died |first= Manfred |last= Hönel |work= Neues Deutschland |date= 15 July 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name=TS101028>{{cite news |url= http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/nachrufe/inge-wischnewski-geb-1930/1968732.html |title= Inge Wischnewski (Geb. 1930) |language= German |trans-title=Inge Wischnewski (born 1930) |first= Andreas |last= Unger |work= Der Tagesspiegel |date= 28 October 2010 }}</ref>
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