Manfred Steffny

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Manfred Steffny as a photographer for SPIRIDON in 2009 at the finish line of the 15th hella Half Marathon Hamburg

Manfred Steffny (born August 14, 1941 in Trier ) is a former German long-distance runner . In addition to his job as publisher and editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine "Spiridon-Laufmagazin" , he is active as a trainer and leader of running seminars. In addition to the bestseller “Marathon Training”, Manfred Steffny has written various books on the subject of running.

Athletic career

  • 1964–1968: Regular participation in the German championships over 10,000 meters
  • 1968 Olympic marathon participant in Mexico City - 17th place 2: 31: 23.8 h
  • 1971 European Marathon Championships in Helsinki - 25th place 2: 24: 05.6 h
  • 1972 Olympic marathon participant in Munich - 31st place 2: 24: 25.4 h

During his running career he achieved a personal best of 2:16:45 h in the marathon. After the end of his running career, Manfred Steffny took part in numerous competitions, where he achieved good placements within his age group (e.g. Munich Marathon on October 15, 2000 - third place in the M55 in 3:02:45 h net).

Others

After his running career, he trained his younger brother Herbert Steffny , who started a comeback as a marathon runner in 1983.

Works

  • Career at the limit . Roman, Spiridon, Erkrath 2009, ISBN 978-3-922011-26-2 .
  • Marathon training . Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz 2001 (15th edition), ISBN 3-87439-455-7 .
  • with Rosemarie Breuer: Das Frauen-Lauf-Buch . Spiridon, Erkrath 1988, ISBN 3-922011-06-3 .
  • The most beautiful marathon routes around the world . 2nd edition, Sportverlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-328-00515-3 .
  • Running lexicon . Spiridon, Erkrath 2004, ISBN 3-922011-24-1 .
  • with Gerhard Uhlenbruck, Bernd Schneider: Lauf-Lyrik . Spiridon, Erkrath 1985, ISBN 3-922011-13-6 .
  • Resume. Running as a new experience with body and mind . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1979, ISBN 3-462-01341-6 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "My sporting career" ( memento of the original from October 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of Manfred Steffny @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.steffny.de
  2. ↑ a b W. Cierpinski / V. Kluge, Meilenweit bis Marathon, p. 182
  3. ^ W. Cierpinski / V. Kluge, Meilenweit bis Marathon, p. 188
  4. ↑ Results brochure of the Media Marathon 2000, Donaudruck Regensburg GmbH
  5. ↑ M. Steffny, Marathon-Training, pp. 168-178

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personal data
SURNAME Steffny, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German long-distance runner and running coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH trier