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Unknown French Boy
An "unknown French boy" is recorded to have participated as the coxswain for the gold-winning mixed team (which was the Dutch team prior to his joining) in the men's coxed pair rowing competition at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Believed to possibly be the youngest Olympic medalist in history, the identity of the boy remains unknown and has been the subject of investigation for many years. Despite being referred to as the "unknown French boy" in Olympic archives, his nationality is not known for certain. 1900 Summer Olympics The Dutch coxed pair rowing team initially participated with an adult coxswain named Hermanus Brockmann, but realised that having three adults in the boat made it too heavy. Before the final, the rowers François Brandt and Roelof Klein randomly chose a child from the Parisian crowd to be their new coxswain. The boy was so light that they had to add a weight to the boat for it to maintain balance. The lighter weight of the boy contributed to the team winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Brandt
François Antoine Brandt (29 December 1874 – 4 July 1949) was a Dutch Rowing (sport), rower who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. Brandt was part of the Dutch eight (rowing), eight team that won a bronze medal with Hermanus Brockmann as the coxswain. Brockmann also steered the boat of Brandt and Roelof Klein in the coxed pairs semifinal, which they lost to France. The pair realized that the 60 kg weight of Brockmann puts them in disadvantage; they replaced him with Unknown French boy, a local boy of 33 kg and won the final narrowly beating the French team. Brandt had a degree in civil engineering and until 1938 worked for the Dutch railways. Later he became bishop for Belgium and Netherlands for the Liberal Catholic Church. References External links * 1874 births 1949 deaths Dutch male rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wallechinsky
David Wallechinsky (born David Wallace, February 5, 1948) is an American popular historian and television commentator, the co-founder and past president of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) and the founder and editor-in-chief of AllGov.com and worldfilmreviews.us. Early life Wallechinsky was born in Los Angeles to a Jewish family, the son of writer Sylvia Kahn and the author and screenwriter Irving Wallace. His younger sister was fellow author Amy Wallace, a "witch" of Carlos Castaneda who co-wrote many books with him and their father and authored ''Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda'' in 2003. One day, after he got off an airplane in Britain, the customs officer looked at his passport and remarked, "Ah Wallace, a good Scottish boy coming home." Disquieted, back in the States he discovered that the original family name was Wallechinsky and he adopted that moniker. He was educated at Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, Los Angele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Children
French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), a 2008 film * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a type of military jacket or tunic * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French (catheter scale), a unit of measurement * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French Revolution (other) * French River (other), several rivers and other places * Frenching (other) * Justice French (other) Justice French may refer to: * C. G. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowers At The 1900 Summer Olympics
Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically attached to the boat, and the rower drives the oar like a lever, exerting force in the ''same'' direction as the boat's travel; while paddles are completely hand-held and have no attachment to the boat, and are driven like a cantilever, exerting force ''opposite'' to the intended direction of the boat. In some strict terminologies, using oars for propulsion may be termed either "pulling" or "rowing", with different definitions for each. Where these strict terminologies are used, the definitions are reversed depending on the context. On saltwater a "pulling boat" has each person working one oar on one side, alternating port and starboard along the length of the boat; whilst "rowing" means each person operates two oars, one on each side of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Births
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was Abolitionism, abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Society Of Olympic Historians
The International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 with the purpose of promoting and studying the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games. The majority of recent books on the Olympic Games have been written by ISOH members.ISOH 2007, cited. The ISOH publishes the ''Journal of Olympic History'' (''JOH'', formerly ''Citius, Altius, Fortius'') three times a year. History The International Society of Olympic Historians was formed as the result of a meeting in London, England, in December 1991. The idea of forming an Olympic historical society had been the subject of correspondence – mainly between Bill Mallon (United States) and Ture Widlund (Sweden) – for many years. On Thursday, 5 December 1991, a group of potential members met at the Duke of Clarence, a small pub in the Kensington district. Those present were Ian Buchanan (Great Britain), Stan Greenberg (Great Britain), Ove Karlsson (Sweden), Bill Mallon (United States), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tbilisi State University
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი, tr; often shortened to its historical name, Tbilisi State University or TSU) is a public research university established on 8 February 1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Excluding academies and theological seminaries, which have intermittently functioned in Georgia for centuries, TSU is the oldest university in Georgia and the Caucasus region. The total enrollment is over 23,500 students, and there are 5,000 faculty and staff members (collaborators) overall. The main founder of the university was a Georgian historian and academician, Ivane Javakhishvili. Among the co-founders were also several scientists, including Giorgi Akhvlediani, Shalva Nutsubidze, Dimitri Uznadze, Grigol Tsereteli, Akaki Shanidze, Andrea Razmadze, Korneli Kekelidze, Ioseb Kipshidze, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikoladze Family
The Nikoladze family ( ka, ნიკოლაძე) is an old Georgian noble family (aznauri) known since 14th to 16th century, originating in the Kingdom of Imereti. History The first mention of the name dates back to 14th century in the monastery of Tbeti (The Tbethi Synodal Records) under the name of "Nikolasdze" (ნიკოლასძე). The Nikoladze family was also mentioned in the Catholicate list of Abkhazia (Western Georgia). After the annexation of Georgia by the Russian Empire in 1801, the family became incorporated into the Russian nobility. The Nikoladze family was included in the list of nobles of Georgia in 1860 in the so-called "''Barkhatnaia Kniga''" published in Saint Petersburg. The family became a prominent part of Georgian intelligentsia from the 1860s to the 1980s, with members of the family playing critical roles in the economic, political, and social transformation of Georgia during the periods of late Imperial Russia, the Democratic Republic of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgi Nikoladze
Giorgi Nikoladze (11 August 1888 – 22 September 1931) was a Georgian mathematician, metallurgist, translator, gymnast, and alpinist. He worked as a professor at Tbilisi State University and as a translator for technical language into Georgian. He was also a cofounder of the Georgian Mathematical Union, founder of the first Georgian gymnastic society ''Shevardeni'', and led a summit to Mount Kazbegi. Biography The son of writer Niko Nikoladze and biologist Olga Guramishvili-Nikoladze, and a member of the Nikoladze noble family, Giorgi Nikoladze was born on 11 August 1888 at in Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire. He first studied at the First Tbilisi Classical Gymnasium from 1898 to 1906, then the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology until 1913, where he was granted a Diploma of Technological Engineer in Metallurgy. He then began working at the Tula Metallurgical Plant, later moving to the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant in the engineering department, and fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for the United States. It was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The USOPC is one of only four NOCs in the world that also serve as the National Paralympic Committee for their country. The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, Pan American Games, Parapan American Games and Junior Pan American Games and serves as the steward of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in the United States. The Olympic Movement is overseen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC is supported by 35 international federations that govern each sport on a global level and the 207 National Olympic Committees that oversee Olympic sport as a whole in their respective nations, and national federations that administer each sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Mallon
William James Mallon (born February 2, 1952) is an American orthopedic surgeon, former professional golfer and a leading authority on the history of the Olympic Games. Early life and amateur career Mallon was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He studied at Duke University and graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in math and physics. While at Duke he played collegiate golf and was a two-time All-American, twice voted to the Outstanding College Athletes of America and was a two-time participant in the NCAA tournament. He won over 40 amateur tournaments including two victories each at the Massachusetts Amateur and New England Amateur. He also has won the Middle Atlantic Amateur once. Professional career In 1975, Mallon turned professional. He joined the PGA Tour after qualifying Fall 1975 PGA Tour Qualifying School. Mallon played four seasons, from 1976 to 1979, posting three top-10 finishes. His best finish was a tie for 5th at the 1977 Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open. Mallon play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
