François Antoine Brandt (29 December 1874 – 4 July 1949) was a Dutch

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

who competed at the

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 14 May to 28 October 1900. No opening or closin ...

in Paris. Brandt was part of the Dutch eight team that won a bronze medal with

Hermanus Brockmann Hermanus Gerardus "Herman" Brockmann (14 June 1871 in Amsterdam – 18 January 1936 in The Hague) was a Dutch coxswain who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch boats ''Minerva Amsterdam Minerva (; ; ) is ...

as the coxswain. Brockmann also steered the boat of Brandt and

Roelof Klein Roelof Klein (7 June 1877 – 12 February 1960) was a Dutch Rowing (sport), rower who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. Klein was part of the Dutch eight (rowing), eight team that won a bronze medal with Hermanus Brockmann as the co ...

in the

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s semifinal, which they lost to France. The pair realized that the 60 kg weight of Brockmann puts them in disadvantage; they replaced him with a local boy of 33 kg and won the final narrowly beating the French team. Brandt had a degree in civil engineering and until 1938 worked for the Dutch railways. Later he became bishop for Belgium and Netherlands for the Liberal Catholic Church.

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* 1874 births 1949 deaths Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands People from Zoeterwoude Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Rowers from South Holland {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub