Siegfried Herrmann
Siegfried Herrmann ( born November 7, 1932 in Unterschönau, Thuringia ) is a German track and field athlete and Olympian, who in the 1950s and 1960s - was a successful middle and long distance runners - starting for the GDR.
Life
As a starter in the All-German Olympic team in 1956 in Melbourne Herrmann suffered in the flow above 1500 m an Achilles tendon injury and retired. On August 5, 1965, he presented in Erfurt at the time of 7:46,0 min a world record in the 3,000 -meter run. In 1966 he won the silver medal at the European Indoor Games in 3000 -meter run.
He was eight times GDR champion: 1964, 1965 and 1966 in the 5000 -meter run, 1966 in the 10,000 - meter race, 1960 and 1961 in the short-distance cross-country running as well as 1964 and 1966 in the long-distance cross-country running. From 1952 to 1965 he presented to a total of 21 East German records in the 800 -meter run, 1000 meter run, 1500 -meter run, 3000 -meter run and 5,000 -meter run. Siegfried Herrmann belonged to 1951 Red-White Unterschönau and then from 1951 to 1953 at the Sports Association tractor Unterschönau. Then he moved on the sports club unit - center to the SC Chemie Halle and was from 1962 the SC Turbine Erfurt. In its competition time Herrmann was 1.76 m tall and 65 kg. His brother Hubert Herrmann was 1954 East German champion in the 1500 meters.
After his playing days, the trained carpenter and foreman coach was. Beginning in 1976, supervised Herrmann addition to the runners and the walkers in Erfurt, including the Olympic champion from 1980 Hartwig Gauder. As a coach, he was active until 2000.