Klaus Zerta
German rowing cox
![]() Klaus Zerta at the 1960 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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Born | 25 November 1946 (1946-11-25) (age 77) Gelsenkirchen, Germany | |||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | |||||||||||
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Country | Germany | |||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||
Club | RV Gelsenkirchen | |||||||||||
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Klaus Zerta (born 25 November 1946) is a retired German rowing coxswain. He was part of the West German team that won gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the coxed pair event competing for the United Team of Germany. Zerta was the youngest medalist at the 1960 Games.[1] He is the youngest confirmed male gold medalist in Olympic history. He was 13 years and 283 days when he won the gold in the men's coxed pair in 1960.
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- 1900:
François Brandt, Roelof Klein (cox. Hermanus Brockmann in the heat; unknown in the final)
- 1920:
Ercole Olgeni, Giovanni Scatturin (cox. Guido De Felip)
- 1924:
Édouard Candeveau, Alfred Felber (cox. Émile Lachapelle)
- 1928:
Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin (cox. Hans Bourquin)
- 1932:
Joseph Schauers, Charles Kieffer (cox. Edward Jennings)
- 1936:
Gerhard Gustmann, Herbert Adamski (cox. Dieter Arend)
- 1948:
Finn Pedersen, Tage Henriksen (cox. Carl-Ebbe Andersen)
- 1952:
Raymond Salles, Gaston Mercier (cox. Bernard Malivoire)
- 1956:
Dan Ayrault, Conn Findlay (cox. Kurt Seiffert)
- 1960:
Bernhard Knubel, Heinz Renneberg (cox. Klaus Zerta)
- 1964:
Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay (cox. Kent Mitchell)
- 1968:
Primo Baran, Renzo Sambo (cox. Bruno Cipolla)
- 1972:
Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lucke (cox. Klaus-Dieter Neubert)
- 1976:
Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (cox. Georg Spohr)
- 1980:
Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (cox. Georg Spohr)
- 1984:
Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale (cox. Giuseppe Di Capua)
- 1988:
Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale (cox. Giuseppe Di Capua)
- 1992:
Greg Searle, Jonny Searle (cox. Garry Herbert)
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