Noël Vandernotte Explained

Noël Vandernotte
Birth Date:25 December 1923
Birth Place:Anglet, France
Death Place:Beaucaire, France
Sport:Rowing
Club:CA Nantes
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Updated:20 May 2018

Noël Vandernotte (25 December 1923 – 18 June 2020)[1] was a French rowing coxswain who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. 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.[2] 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Noël Vandernotte, French cox who won bronze aged 12 at the 1936 Berlin Olympics– obituary . The Daily Telegraph. 20 August 2020. https://archive.today/20200820201846/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/08/20/noel-vandernotte-french-cox-won-bronze-aged-12-1936-berlin-olympics/ . August 20, 2020. live.
  2. Noël Vandernotte . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417091815/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/noel-vandernotte-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 May 2018 .