Neil Gibson (rower)

{{short description|New Zealand rower}}

{{use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Neil Gibson

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| nationality = New Zealand

| birth_name = Neil Stanley Gibson{{cite news |title=Deaths |work=Marlborough Express |date=4 January 1999}}

| birth_date = 25 March 1962

| birth_place = Blenheim, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|1|3|1962|3|25|df=y}}

| height = {{convert|191|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|88|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry| {{NZL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1986 Edinburgh | Coxless four}}

{{MedalBronze| 1986 Edinburgh | Eight}}

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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.{{cite web |title=Neil Gibson | url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/2300/gibson |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=18 September 2016}}{{Cite sports-reference |title = Neil Gibson |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/neil-gibson-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102200/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/neil-gibson-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 18 September 2016}} 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.{{cite web |title=Edinburgh 1986 Commonwealth Games |url=https://olympic.org.nz/games/edinburgh-1986 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=18 September 2016}}

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.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours Final Round |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ROW/mens-coxless-fours-final-round.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200849/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ROW/mens-coxless-fours-final-round.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 21 September 2016}} He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 552 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.{{cite web | title=Neil Gibson |url= https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/neil-gibson |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee | access-date=18 September 2016}}

He died on 3 January 1999 in Christchurch of cancer.