Talk:Werner Grieshofer

Year of birth
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.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 09:31, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * 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.  Schwede 66  10:25, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * 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)


 * Ahh that makes more sense, seeing that he was the coxswain and not a rower. Thanks!  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 11:06, 31 May 2021 (UTC)