Sharon Gibson

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| name = Sharon Gibson

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| nationality = British (English)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|12|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mapperley, England

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| sport = Athletics

| event = javelin

| height = 168 cm

| weight = 77 kg

| club = Notts AC

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Sharon Angela Gibson (born 31 December 1961) is an English former athlete who competed in the women's javelin throw event during her career.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/sharon-gibson-1.html|title=Sharon Gibson Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105055755/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/sharon-gibson-1.html|archive-date=2012-11-05|url-status=dead}}

Biography

Gibson twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. Gibson was affiliated with the Notts Athletic Club.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68660 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=15 March 2025}}

Gibson represented England in the javelin event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes|title=1982 Athletes|website=Team England|access-date=2019-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821205719/https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes|archive-date=2019-08-21|url-status=live}} Eight years later she represented England in the javelin again and finished fourth, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England|access-date=2019-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821232849/https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|archive-date=2019-08-21|url-status=live}} A further four years later and at her third Commonwealth games she finally won a medal when winning the bronze at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41312|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=2019-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001165911/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41312|archive-date=2019-10-01|url-status=live}}

At national level Gibson was twice the British javelin throw champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1988 AAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19880807/050/0050 |title=Trials Results |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=7 August 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 March 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003126/19880808/387/0029 |title=Alexander Results |work=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=8 August 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 March 2025}} and 1991 AAA Championships but was unfortunate to have competed in an era when two of the world's best javelin throwers were British and Fatima Whitbread and Tessa Sanderson denied her many more titles.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=15 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 March 2025 }}

International competitions

{{AchievementTable}}
colspan="5"\|Representing the {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}}
1982 \|Commonwealth Games \|Brisbane, Australia \|7th \|49.56 m
1984 \|Olympic Games \|Los Angeles, United States \|9th \|59.66 m
1988 \|Olympic Games \|Seoul, South Korea \|25th (q) \|56.00 m
rowspan=2\|1990 \|Commonwealth Games \|Auckland, New Zealand \|4th \|57.26 m
European Championships \|Split, Yugoslavia \|15th (q) \|55.98 m
rowspan=2\|1994 \|European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|17th (q) \|53.82 m
Commonwealth Games \|Victoria, Canada \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|58.20 m
colspan=6\| (q) indicates overall position in qualifying round

colspan="5"|Representing the {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}}

1982

|7th

1984

|Los Angeles, United States

|9th

|59.66 m

1988