Neil Gibson (rower)

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

Neil Gibson

Personal information
Birth name	Neil Stanley Gibson[1]
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	25 March 1962 Blenheim, New Zealand
Died	3 January 1999(1999-01-03) (aged 36)
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)[2]
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh Coxless four 1986 Edinburgh Eight

Gibson was born in 1962 in Blenheim, New Zealand.[2][3] In 1986 he won a silver medal in the coxless four at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in a boat with Shane O'Brien, Andrew Stevenson, and Don Symon. He also won a bronze medal with the men's eight.[4]

He represented New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the coxless four in a team with Campbell Clayton-Greene, Bill Coventry, and Geoff Cotter, where they came seventh.[5] He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 552 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[6]

He died on 3 January 1999 in Christchurch of cancer.[3]