British sailor
This article is about the Olympic sailor. For the Olympic cyclist, see
Chris Boardman .
Christopher Boardman
Born 11 June 1903 (1903-06-11 ) Died 29 September 1987 (1987-09-30 ) (aged 84)
Christopher Alan Boardman (11 June 1903 Norwich – 29 September 1987) was a British sailor who won gold in the 1936 Summer Olympics .
In 1936, he was a crew member and helmsman of the British boat Lalage which won the gold medal in the 6 metre class . As gold medallist he was presented with an oak sapling which he planted at How Hill .[1]
In 1934, Boardman was a member of the crew of the British J-class yacht Endeavour which competed in the America's Cup off the coast of Rhode Island . The Endeavour won the first two races but lost the remaining three.
In World War II , he saw service as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve officer. In 1940/41 he served on the Q-ship HMS Cyprus (X44) (formerly Cape Sable ) and later commanded the corvette HMS Snowdrop .
His younger brother, Humphrey , rowed in the double scull event at the 1928 Olympic games and won double gold at the 1930 British Empire Games . Their father, Edward Thomas Boardman, was a Norwich architect, as was, their grandfather Edward Boardman . Their mother, Florence, was a daughter of J J Colman of the Colman's Mustard family. The family home was at How Hill in the Norfolk village of Ludham .
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1908 : Laws , McMeekin & Crichton (GBR )
1912 : G. Thubé , A. Thubé & J. Thubé (FRA )
1920 (1907r): E. Cornellie , Bruynseels & F. Cornellie (BEL )
1920 (1919r): Brecke , Kaasen & Rød (NOR )
1924 : Lundgren , Dahl & Lunde (NOR )
1928 : J. Anker , E. Anker , Bryhn & Crown Prince Olav (NOR )
1932 : Holm , Åkerlund , Bergqvist & Hindorff (SWE )
1936 : Boardman , Bellville , Harmer , Leaf & Martin (GBR )
1948 : H. Whiton , Loomis , Mooney , Smith & Weekes (USA )
1952 : H. Whiton , Endt , Morgan , Ridder , Roosevelt & E. Whiton (USA )