Robert Gibson (born February 2, 1986 in

Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between To ...

) is a Canadian rower. In 2004, he was the Canadian Indoor Rowing Champion and became the Canadian High School Rowing champion in the Mens 2- with partner Will Crothers. He also earned a scholarship to attend the University of Washington and won a bronze medal at the Junior World Rowing Championships in the Mens coxed 4+. He was officially named as the alternate to the 2008, Beijing Olympics Gold Medal Winning Mens 8+. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's eight with

Gabriel Bergen Gabriel "Gabe" Bergen (born 6 July 1982 in Dawson Creek) is a Canadian rower. Bergen won a silver medal as part of the men's eights for Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He has also won one medal of every colour at the World Champion ...

Andrew Byrnes James Andrew Byrnes (born May 22, 1983) is a Canadian rower and Olympic gold medallist. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in Ithaca, New York. Byrnes is a 2005 graduate of Bates College in Maine, where he rowed for the Bates Rowing Team ...

, Jeremiah Brown,

Will Crothers Will Crothers (born June 14, 1987 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian rower. He started rowing in grade 9 for KCVI, following his brother into the sport. Within just a few years, Will and his rowing partner Rob Gibson were Canadian high school c ...

Douglas Csima Douglas Csima (born 21 November 1985 in Mississauga) is a Canadian rower. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's eight with Andrew Byrnes, Gabriel Bergen, Jeremiah Brown, Will Crothers Will Crothers (born June 14, 19 ...

, Malcolm Howard, Conlin McCabe and Brian Price. He was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. He was a recipient of the official 'Key to the City of Kingston' in 2012, along with fellow Kingstonian Olympic Athletes Will Crothers and Dylan Wykes. At the 2015, Pan-Am Games he won a gold medal in the Mens Quad 4x as well as a silver medal in the Mens Single 1x. In June 2016, he was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team in the Mens 4X finishing 8th.

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* 1986 births Canadian male rowers Living people Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Canada Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic silver medalists for Canada Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers from Ontario Sportspeople from Kingston, Ontario University of Washington alumni Rowers at the 2015 Pan American Games World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub