John Thomas "Jannie" Gibson (born 15 May 1941) is a Rhodesian former

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. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

, representing

Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...

. At the 1964 Summer Olympics, he lost in his first fight to

Koji Masuda is a Japanese boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 Octobe ...

of Japan in the Round of 32.

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* 1941 births Living people Rhodesian male boxers Olympic boxers for Rhodesia Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Light-middleweight boxers {{Zimbabwe-boxing-bio-stub