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Roger Patrick Gibbon (born 9 March 1944) is a retired
track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
from
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
. He was most successful in the 1 km sprint and time trial events, winning a bronze medal at the 1967 world championships and three gold medals at the 1963 and 1967
Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
. He competed in these two events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics with the best achievement of fifth place in the time trial in 1968. Andrew Mahmood and others including himself last traveled to Jamaica for a family reunion.


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1944 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago male cyclists Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Trinidad and Tobago Cyclists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Trinidad and Tobago Place of birth missing (living people) Trinidad and Tobago track cyclists Pan American Games gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Pan American Games silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Pan American Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 1963 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{Trinidad-cycling-bio-stub