Marcel Henri Vandernotte (29 July 1909 – 15 December 1993) was a French rower who competed in the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

and in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was born in

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

. He was the younger brother of Fernand Vandernotte and the uncle of

Noël Vandernotte Noël Vandernotte (25 December 1923 – 18 June 2020) was a French rowing 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 s ...

. In 1932 he was eliminated with his brother Fernand in the repechage of the coxed pair event. Four years later he won the bronze medal as crew member of the French boat in the coxed four competition.

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1909 births 1993 deaths French male rowers Olympic rowers for France Rowers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century French sportspeople {{France-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub