Noël Vandernotte

Noël Vandernotte
Personal information
Born (1923-12-25) 25 December 1923
Anglet, France
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club CA Nantes
Updated on 20 May 2018.

Noël Vandernotte (born 25 December 1923) is a French rowing coxswain who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He is 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.[1] 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.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Noël Vandernotte". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 May 2018.


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