From 2001 to 2004, Steffen was part of the Track and Field Team at the University of Minnesota, with whom he won the "Outdoor Big Ten Championships".In the 2003 Big Ten Conference Meeting, he was elected the runner-up in the long jump, placing second [REF].
Steffen Landgraf is the son of Monika Zehrt, the German two-time Olympic champion from Munich 1972 and former world record holder in the 400m dash and the 4 × 400 m relay.