Talk:Jean van Silfhout (rower)

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Rower or coxswain?

I've had a look whether this Belgian was a rower or coxswain and the official 1924 Olympic report lists him as the coxswain for ~~both~~ the coxed four ~~and the eight~~. Given that the document was written at the time I assume they got this detail right. Schwede 66 05:00, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, I've had a second look and this is more complicated. The official 1924 Olympic report lists Van Silfhout as the cox for the Belgian coxed four and as a rower for the Belgian eight (with Marcel Wauters as cox for that team). That sounds highly unlikely. If Van Silfhout was a cox then we have two coxes and seven rowers for the 1924 Belgian eight; that is of course not right. I've put a query on the Facebook KRC Gent; Van Silfhout was a member of that club. Schwede 66 03:49, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Akadunzio, can I invite you to post here what it is that you know about van Silfhout? Schwede 66 22:58, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Belgian Rowing Federation gives for 1924 Maurice Delpancke as cox for the 2+, Georges Anthony for the 4+ and Sauvage for the 8+. Jean van Silfhout was a rower of about 80 kg. In newspapers I never found him as cox. In La Dernière Heure of 22 July Wauters was cox of a mixed Ghent 8 at a Brussels Regatta. In Sportwereld of 10 June 1924 Sauvage was cox of the mixed Ghent 8 and Wouters cox of the 8 of Sport Nautique Ghent in Oostende. Akadunzio (talk) 18:59, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Akadunzio, that's excellent. Thank you. Canadian Paul, have a look whether that's of interest for your purposes, too. Schwede 66 19:29, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]