Neil Gibson | |
Nationality: | New Zealand |
Birth Name: | Neil Stanley Gibson[1] |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1962 |
Birth Place: | Blenheim, New Zealand |
Height: | 191cm (75inches) |
Weight: | 88kg (194lb) |
Neil Stanley Gibson (25 March 1962 – 3 January 1999) was a New Zealand rower.
Gibson was born in 1962 in Blenheim, New Zealand.[2] [3] 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.[4]
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.[5] He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 552 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[6]
He died on 3 January 1999 in Christchurch of cancer.