Leslie Boardman

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Personal information
Surname: Leslie Boardman
Nation: AustralasiaAustralasia Australasia
Swimming style (s) : Freestyle swimming
Society: Sydney Swimming Club
Birthday: August 2, 1889
Place of birth: Sydney , Australia
Date of death: November 23, 1975
Place of death: Sydney , Australia
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Medals

Leslie Boardman (born August 2, 1889 in Sydney , † November 23, 1975 ibid) was an Australian swimmer .

Career

Leslie Boardman never won an Australian championship. In 1912 he was nominated for the combined delegation of Australia and New Zealand that competed as Australasia in the 1912 Summer Olympics . Originally, Boardman was not intended as an athlete for the Games, but moved up for another athlete.

He was eliminated in the quarter-finals in the 100-meter freestyle . After he had already set a new world record in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay race together with Cecil Healy , Harold Hardwick and Malcolm Champion , the relay set it again in the final and became Olympic champion.

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personal data
SURNAME Boardman, Leslie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boardman, Leslie Hampton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1975
Place of death Sydney