Roger Lebranchu

{{Short description|French rower (1922–2025)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}

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| nationality = French

| sport = Rowing

| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|7|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|1|10|1922|7|22|df=y}}

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Roger Lebranchu (22 July 1922 – 10 January 2025) was a French rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/roger-lebranchu-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185524/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/roger-lebranchu-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Roger Lebranchu Olympic Results |accessdate=4 August 2018}} During World War II, Lebranchu was imprisoned as member of the French Resistance for two years in two concentration camps before escaping.{{cite news |last1=Meinhardt |first1=Gunnar |title="Mir war klar, wenn das rauskommt, werden mich die Nazis töten" |url=https://www.welt.de/sport/plus240022395/Roger-Lebranchu-Mir-war-klar-wenn-das-rauskommt-werden-mich-die-Nazis-toeten.html |access-date=22 July 2022 |publisher=Welt |date=22 July 2022}} Lebranchu died on 10 January 2025, at the age of 102.{{Cite web |title=Disparition : Doyen des porteurs de la flamme olympique lors des JO 2024, Roger Lebranchu est mort |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Aviron/Actualites/Doyen-des-porteurs-de-la-flamme-olympique-lors-des-jo-2024-roger-lebranchu-est-mort/1531261 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}