Herbert Steffny

Herbert Steffny (born 5 September 1953 in Trier) is a former German long distance track event runner and prominent physical trainer.

[1] He was the first West German marathon runner to hold a medal in a major international event, as he placed 3rd in the 1986 European Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart Germany with a time of 2:11:30.

He wrote the bestselling book on distance running in the German language reading market entitled Das große Laufbuch.

Steffny works as a co-commentator for ARD television and presents the live feed in the city marathons of Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne and Mainz.

Also his older brother, the German Spiridon [de] running magazine editor Manfred Steffny, was also a successful marathon runner.