Sabine Bischoff

Sabine Bischoff

Personal information
Born	(1958-05-21)21 May 1958 Koblenz, Germany
Died	6 March 2013(2013-03-06) (aged 54) Weikersheim, Germany
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Club	FC Tauberbischofsheim
Medal record Representing  West Germany Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Foil, team World Fencing Championships Barcellona 1985 Team foil Clermont-Ferrand 1981 Team foil Vienna 1983 Team foil Barcellona 1985 Individual foil Melbourne 1979 Team foil Roma 1982 Team foil Sofia 1986 Team foil

Sabine Bischoff (21 May 1958 – 6 March 2013) was a German fencer.^[1]

Biography

Sabine Bischoff fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim. She won a gold medal in the team foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics, which was the first German Olympic gold medal in this event. Between 1979 and 1986 Bischoff won six medals at world championships in the same team foil event, including a gold in 1985; she lost the individual foil final in 1985 to her team mate Cornelia Hanisch.^[2]

Bischoff had degrees in psychology, history and social sciences, and worked as a high school teacher after retiring from competitions. She died after a long, chronic disease. Her brother Stefan also competed in foil, but at a national level.^[1][2]

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