| Bryan Gibson | |
| Birth Place: | Kentville, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation: | Boxer |
Bryan Gibson (born November 10, 1947, in Kentville, Nova Scotia) is a former Canadian boxer, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and is the first boxer of African descent from Nova Scotia to compete in the Olympics.[1]
He now coaches the Evangaline Trail Amateur Boxing Club in his hometown of Kentville.[2] He has coached a variety of amateur boxers including some amateur national champions and a gold medallist at the most recent Canada Games. He is also a bus driver for the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Gibson fought at the 1973 Western New York Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament.[3] In 1974, he won the Canadian National Amateur Boxing Championships in the 178 pounds division,[4] and in 1975 he won another national amateur boxing title. He beat Ernie Barr in the 1975 North American 178-pound amateur championship bout at the Miami Marine Stadium.[5] He qualified for the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City as a light-heavyweight boxer, but he lost in the preliminary round.[6]
The Kentville native represented Team Canada in the men's middleweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[7] He was defeated by Bernd Wittenburg of East Germany at 75 kilograms.
Below are the results of Bryan Gibson, a Canadian middleweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics: