Craig Gilbert
{{short description|American handball player}}
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| fullname = Craig Thompson Gilbert
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|11|01}}
| birth_place = Buffalo, New York
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| youthyears1 = 1975–1978
| youthclubs1 = West Point Team Handball
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| clubs1 = Jersey Jets
| nationalyears1 = 1978–84
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| serviceyears = 1978–1986, 2004–2005
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Craig Gilbert (born November 1, 1956, in Buffalo, New York) is an American former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/craig-gilbert-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045245/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/craig-gilbert-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |accessdate=July 16, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newjerseyhills.com/roxbury_register/news/olympic-day-coming-to-roxbury-township-june/article_6e909e49-7627-5466-97f5-c45d0daedfa0.html|title='Olympic Day' coming to Roxbury Township June 25|date=2016-06-11|website=Roxbury Register|access-date=2018-01-23}}
Handball career
When he was at the United States Military Academy, he played for their handball team. He claimed the College Nationals twice.
At West Point, he also played football and basketball.
In 1978, he was elected in the national team.
At the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he and the team reached the 9th ranking. He played one game against Denmark.
Military career
He graduated in 1978 with a mechanical engineering degree at the United States Military Academy.
He visited the Airborne School, Ranger School and the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
He served for 6.5 years in South Korea and afterwards he joined the United States Army Reserve.
Gilbert was a reserve liaison officer for 17 years and he recruited candidates for the United States Military Academy.
Between 2004 and 2005 he served in Afghanistan at the Operation Enduring Freedom for this he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
=Awards and decorations=
Academic
Additionally to his time at West Point he also did a master's degree in Steven Institute of Technology and Rutgers University.
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Category:Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York
Category:American male handball players
Category:Olympic handball players for the United States
Category:Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Army Black Knights football players
Category:Army Black Knights men's basketball players
Category:Army Black Knights team handball
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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