Christopher Alan Boardman (11 June 1903 Norwich – 29 September 1987) won gold in the 1936 Summer Olympics as helmsman of the 6 metre Lalage. As gold medallist he was presented with an oak sapling which he planted at How Hill.
In 1934 Boardman was a member of the crew of the British J-class yacht Endeavour which competed in the America's Cup off the coast of Rhode Island. Endeavour won the first two races but lost the remaining three.
In World War II he saw service as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve officer. In 1940/41 he served on the Q-ship HMS Cyprus (X44) (formerly Cape Sable) and later commanded the corvette HMS Snowdrop.
His younger brother, Humphrey, rowed in the double sculls at the 1928 Olympic games and won double gold at the 1930 British Empire Games. Their father, Edward Thomas Boardman, was a Norwich architect, and their mother, Florence, was a daughter of J J Colman of the Colman's Mustard family. The family home was at How Hill in the Norfolk village of Ludham.