Noël Vandernotte

{{Short description|French rower (1923–2020)}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Noël Vandernotte

| image = Le Quatre avec barreur du CA de Nantes en juillet 1936, de G. à D. Noël, Fernand et Marcel Vandernotte, puis Cosmat et Chauvigné.jpg

| caption = Coxed four in July 1936 (from left): Noël Vandernotte (cox), Fernand and Marcel Vandernotte, Jean Cosmat, and Marcel Chauvigné

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|12|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Anglet, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|6|18|1923|12|25|df=y}}

| death_place = Beaucaire, France

| sport = Rowing

| club = CA Nantes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry | {{flag|FRA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalBronze| 1936 Berlin|Coxed pair}}

{{MedalBronze| 1936 Berlin|Coxed four}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 1934 Lucerne | Coxed four }}

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| updated = 20 May 2018

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Noël Vandernotte (25 December 1923 – 18 June 2020){{cite web|title=Noël Vandernotte, French cox who won bronze aged 12 at the 1936 Berlin Olympics– obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/08/20/noel-vandernotte-french-cox-won-bronze-aged-12-1936-berlin-olympics/|website=The Daily Telegraph|date=20 August 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200820201846/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/08/20/noel-vandernotte-french-cox-won-bronze-aged-12-1936-berlin-olympics/ |archive-date = August 20, 2020|url-status = live}} 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.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Noël Vandernotte |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/noel-vandernotte-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417091815/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/noel-vandernotte-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 20 May 2018 }} 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.