German rowing cox
Klaus Zerta
Klaus Zerta at the 1960 Olympics
Born 25 November 1946 (1946-11-25 ) (age 77)Gelsenkirchen , Germany Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Weight 48 kg (106 lb) Country Germany Sport Rowing Club RV Gelsenkirchen
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.
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 )