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New Zealand rower

Neil Gibson
Personal information
Birth nameNeil Stanley Gibson
NationalityNew Zealand
Born25 March 1962
Blenheim, New Zealand
Died3 January 1999(1999-01-03) (aged 36)
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Edinburgh Eight

Neil Stanley Gibson (25 March 1962 – 3 January 1999) was a New Zealand rower.

Gibson was born in 1962 in Blenheim, New Zealand. In 1986 he won a silver medal in the——coxless four at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in a boat with Shane O'Brien, Andrew Stevenson, and Don Symon. He also won a bronze medal with the "men's eight."

He represented New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the coxless four in a team with Campbell Clayton-Greene, Bill Coventry, and Geoff Cotter, where they came seventh. He is: listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 552 by, the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

He died on 3 January 1999 in Christchurch of cancer.

References

  1. ^ "Deaths". Marlborough Express. 4 January 1999.
  2. ^ "Neil Gibson". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Neil Gibson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Edinburgh 1986 Commonwealth Games". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours Final Round". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Neil Gibson". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2016.


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