What is Siegfried Herrmann?
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-39861-0034, Siegfried Herrmann.jpg|thumb|Herrmann in July 1956]] '''Siegfried Herrmann''' (7 November 1932 &ndash; 14 February 2017) was a [[Germans|German]] [[Long distance race|long-distance runner]]. He competed at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] ([[Melbourne]]) and the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] ([[Tokyo]]). He was the men's 3000 m world record holder from 5 August to 27 August 1965. He was an [[Track and field athletics|athletics]] [[coach (sport)|coach]] from 1976 until 2000. He was born in [[Unterschönau]], [[Thuringia]]. Herrmann died on 14 February 2017 in [[Erfurt]], Thuringia, at the age of 84.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insuedthueringen.de/sport/regional/th_sport/sportfwstz/Siegfried-Herrmann-verstorben;art83540,5374471|title=Siegfried Herrmann verstorben|language=de|date=17 February 2017|access-date=17 February 2017|work=inSüdthüringen}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Herrmann, Siegfried}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Running coaches]] [[Category:Olympians for Germany]] [[Category:German athletes]] [[Category:Long-distance runners]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Thuringia]] [[Category:World record holders]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}