Michael Reufsteck

Micheal Reufsteck was born and raised as an only child in Koblenz, Germany. He had his first stage appearances with his school's theater group and made his first attempts as a radio show host at the young age of 16. Since 1996 he has been a radio show host at the public radio station SWF3 broadcasting for Germany's southwest (this station was renamed and relaunched as SWR3 after a fusion with SDR3 in 1998). In the years 1998 - 2004 he has hosted SWR3's morning show with Jochen Stoeckle. He had his first appearance on TV in 2004 in the mini documentary series _Von Null auf 42 (2004)_ (3 episodes) about 7 non-athletes becoming marathon runners and trying to finish the New York Marathon after 1 year of training. Michael was one of these glorious 7 and is still an active runner. Togehter with Stefan Niggemeier he wrote the work of reference to television series on German TV: "Das Fernsehlexikon. Alles ueber 7000 Sendungen von Ally McBeal bis zur ZDF Hitparade" (Muenchen 2005). Other appearances on TV as himself: _Leute heute (1998)_, _Tagesschau (2003)_, _Beckmann (2004)_, _ARD Buffet (2005)_. Michael is not married and does not have any children.