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Latest comment: 3 years ago4 comments3 people in discussion
Per this edit, I agree that it's unlikely(!) that this person was 12 years old when they competed at the Olympics. As a result, I've simply removed the DOB, until it can be confirmed. Any help with this would be most welcome. Thanks. LugnutsFire Walk with Me09:31, 31 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
He was a coxswain. They are sometimes very young. I agree that 12 years is extremely young but I would not rule it out that his DOB is correct. And it says that Manfred Grieshofer (born 1945), who was sitting in the same boat, was his uncle. Schwede6610:25, 31 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
Wallechinsky's Book of Olympic Lists puts Grieshofer at the 9th-youngest Summer Olympics competitor at 12 years 187 days. (As Schwede66 notes, it was not unusual for coxswains to be quite young. 13-year-olds won gold medals in 1928 and 1960, not to mention the unknown-aged 1896 winner. No longer so common to see very young coxswains due to the minimum-weight rules.) -- Jonel (Speak to me) 11:03, 31 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
