Humphrey Boardman

Humphrey Colman Boardman was an English rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam.

Biography

He was born in Norwich, England and 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. Their mother, Florence, was the daughter of Jeremiah Colman (MP) 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 race.
He competed for the 1930 English team, winning gold medals in the eights and fours event at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.