Humphrey Colman Boardman (26 July 1904 – 15 June 1998) was an

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rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

who competed for Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics at

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. He was born in

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. He was the younger brother of Christopher Boardman who won gold in the Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Their father, Edward Thomas Boardman, was a Norwich architect, as was, their grandfather

Edward Boardman Edward Boardman (1833–1910) was a Norwich born architect. He succeeded John Brown as the most successful Norwich architect in the second half of the 19th century.Jeremiah Colman (MP) Jeremiah James Colman (14 June 1830 – 18 September 1898) was an English mustard manufacturer and the third member of the family in charge of the eponymous company Colman's. He was a popular philanthropist in his home town of Norwich and a Liber ...

owner of Colman's Mustard. In the 1928 Summer Olympics he and his partner Denis Guye participated in the double sculls event. They qualified for the second round repêchage but did not start in this rac

At the 1930 Empire Games he was a member of the English boat which won the gold medal in the coxed fours competition as well as in the eights contes

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Sports-Reference.com "Rowing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls Round One Repêchage"
Retrieved 2010-09-10.

Retrieved 2010-09-10. 1904 births 1998 deaths English male rowers Olympic rowers of Great Britain Rowers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1930 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Sportspeople from Norwich Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing 20th-century English people Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games {{England-rowing-bio-stub