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 servant" since it comes from ''cock'', referring to the wiktionary:cockboat, cockboat, a ...
who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...
. He was the son of
Fernand Vandernotte and the nephew of
Marcel Vandernotte. In 1936 he won the bronze medal of the French boat in the coxed pairs event as well as in the
coxed four competition.
He was the youngest male medalist at the 1936 Games, at 12 years and 233 days, and is also the youngest French Olympic medalist of all-time.
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1923 births
2020 deaths
French male rowers
French coxswains (rowing)
Olympic rowers for France
Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Olympic medalists in rowing
Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
European Rowing Championships medalists
20th-century French sportsmen
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