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| Full name | Leslie Boardman | ||||||||||||||
| National team | Australasia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1889-08-02)2 August 1889 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 November 1975(1975-11-23) (aged 86) Watsons Bay, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Sydney Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||
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Leslie Boardman (2 August 1889 – 23 November 1975) was an Australianfreestyle swimmer of the 1910s. As a member of theAustralasia combined team of Australia and New Zealand athletes, Boardman won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the1912 Summer Olympics inStockholm, Sweden.[1]
Although little is known about Boardman, he never won any Australian championships and was not among the original selections for the Stockholm Olympics. E.G. Findlay was originally named in the team, but presumably due to lack of financing, Boardman later assumed his position in the team. According to records, he did not place at the 1912 Australian Championships and came fourth in the 220-yard freestyle at the New South Wales Championships. It is hypothesized that he was chosen because he was a teammate at the Sydney Swimming Club ofHarold Hardwick andCecil Healy.
Boardman competed in the 100-metre freestyle at the Stockholm Olympics where he won his heat, but came fourth in the second round and was eliminated. In the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, he swam the third leg as the team of Hardwick (Australia), Healy (Australia) andMalcolm Champion (New Zealand) defeated the United States team for the gold medal. He was also signed up to compete atplain high diving competition, but did not compete.
