Neil Gibson (rower)
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| Birth name | Neil Stanley Gibson | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 March 1962 Blenheim, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 January 1999 (aged 36) | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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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.