John Gibbons (rower)

John Gibbons
Personal information
Birth name John Greville Gibbons
Nationality New Zealand
Born (1943-06-19) 19 June 1943[1]
Wellington, New Zealand
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)[1]

John Greville Gibbons (born 19 June 1943) is a New Zealand rower.

Gibbons was born in 1943 in Wellington, New Zealand.[1][2] His father was Gerald Gibbons.[3] In April 1968, he was on one of the boats that rescued survivors of the sinking of the TEV Wahine.[4]

A few months later, Gibbons represented New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 174 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[5] In 1968, he was a student at the Victoria University of Wellington and while in Mexico at the Summer Olympics, he was awarded VUW Sportsman of the Year, which was presented to his father.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "John Gibbons". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "John Gibbons". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 Ahearn, Louise (17 September 1968). "Top award to John Gibbons". Salient. 31 (23). Wellington.
  4. ↑ Lomas, David (29 March 2008). "The long wait". New Zealand Listener. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "John Gibbons". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.