Frank Steinhäuser is a German

coxswain The coxswain ( , or ) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from ''cock'', referring to the cockboat, a type of ship's boa ...

. Steinhäuser coxed for Wolfgang Neuß and

Klaus-Günter Jordan Klaus-Günter Jordan (often spelled Günther and known as Beppo, 17 September 1940 – 7 December 2011) was a West German rower. Jordan was born in 1940. He started rowing at RC Nassovia Höchst at age 15. He won a gold medal at the 1962 World ...

from 1962 to 1964. At the 1962 West German national championships, they won gold and thus qualified for the inaugural World Rowing Championships. At the

1962 World Rowing Championships The 1962 World Rowing Championships were the inaugural world championships in rowing. The competition was held in September 1962 on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. Rowers from West Germany dominated the competition, winning five of the seve ...

Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label= Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital o ...

, they became the first world championship titleholders in coxed pair. At the 1963 West German national championships, they again won the title. At the 1964 West German national championships, they came third. Steinhäuser is a member of RC Nassovia Höchst and in 2012, he was awarded a prize for 50 years of membership at the rowing club.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people West German male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany Coxswains (rowing) European Rowing Championships medalists {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub