Great Olympians

Biographies - BOA


Gilmour Stuart "Gil" Boa

B. 1924-08-08, Montréal, Québ., Canada; D. 1973-09-07
Shooting (1 bronze)
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 HP
Free Rifle 19th 2.4
Small−Bore Rifle, Three Positions 21st sixth 52nd 38th 640.64
Small−Bore Rifle, Prone fourth bronze 12th fourth 50th 6380
7023.04


Don Boal

B. 1907-09-20, Toronto, Ont., Canada; D. 1953-07-31
Rowing (1 bronze)
1932 HP
Men's Eights bronze 1280
1280


Lillian Barbara Board

B. 1948-12-13, Durban, South Africa, lived in London, represented Great Britain; D. 1970-12-26
Athletics (1 silver)
1968 HP
Women's 200 metres SF:6th 52
Women's 400 metres silver 4000
Women's 4x100 m Relay 7th 100
4152


Chris Boardman

B. 1968-08-26, Manchester, Great Britain
Cycling - Road & Cycling - Track (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1988 1992 1996 2000 HP
Team Pursuit 13th fifth 769.2
Individual Pursuit gold 9600
Time Trial bronze 10th(*) 3990
14359.2

(*) Officially he is listed as finishing 11th, but I consider him tenth after the bronze medal was withdrawn from Lance Armstrong.


Christopher Alan Boardman

B. 1903-06-11, Norwich, England, Great Britain; D. 1987-09-29
Sailing (1 gold)
1936 HP
Six metres Class gold 3200
3200


Dixon H. Boardman

B. 1880-03-26, Nutley, NJ, USA; D. 1954-10-16
Athletics - Track and Field
1900 HP
Men's 100 metres SF:4th 68
Men's 400 metres FI:dns 640
708

Olympic Competitor nr 827


Humphrey Boardman

B. 1904-07-26, Norwich, England, Great Britain; D. 1998-06
Rowing
1928 HP
Men's Double Sculls R2 410
410


Les Boardman

Olympic Competitor nr 5618


Graham Boase

B. 1941-10-12, from Queensland, represented Australia
Athletics - Track & Field
1964 HP
Men's Triple Jump QU:nm -2.38
0.00384


Tom Boast

B. 1905-11-13, Brisbane, Qld., Australia
Aquatics - Swimming
1928 HP
Men's 100 m Backstroke SF:4th 492
492


Christiana A. Boateng

B. 1943-02-24, represented Ghana
Athletics - Track & Field
1964 HP
Women's 100 metres R1:8th -4.21
-4.21


Leotis Boateng

B. 1951-03-08, represented Nigeria
Football
1980 HP
Men's Team R1:4th 7.25
7.25


Written 2000-12-02 - last modified 2023-06-23

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