Neil Stanley Gibson (25 March 1962 – 3 January 1999) was a New Zealand

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

. Gibson was born in 1962 in Blenheim, New Zealand. In 1986 he won a silver medal in the

coxless four A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on th ...

at the

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in a boat with Shane O'Brien,

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, and

Don Symon Donald Alan Symon (born 20 May 1960) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Symon was born in 1960 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Along with Kevin Lawton, Barrie Mabbott, Ross ...

. He also won a bronze medal with the men's eight. He represented New Zealand at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in the

in a team with

Campbell Clayton-Greene Campbell I. Clayton-Greene (born 26 March 1967) is a former New Zealand rower. He represented New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the coxless four in a team with Geoff Cotter, Bill Coventry, and Neil Gibson, where they came seventh. At ...

Bill Coventry William Michael Coventry (born 26 January 1967) is a former New Zealand rower. Coventry was born in Hamilton in 1967. He represented New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the coxless four in a team with Campbell Clayton-Greene, Geoff Cott ...

, and

Geoff Cotter Geoffrey David Cotter (born 4 October 1966) is a New Zealand rower. Cotter was born in 1966 in Taihape, New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the coxless four in a team with Campbell Clayton-Greene, Bill Coventr ...

, where they came seventh. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 552 by the

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. He died on 3 January 1999 in

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of cancer.

References

1962 births 1999 deaths New Zealand male rowers Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for New Zealand Sportspeople from Blenheim, New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub