Cheryl Gibson
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Full name | Cheryl Anne Gibson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1959-07-28) July 28, 1959 (age 65) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, butterfly, medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Canadian Dolphin Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Arizona State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cheryl Anne Gibson (born July 28, 1959), is a former competitive swimmer from Canada who won the silver medal in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.[1]
She held the Alberta provincial record in the 400-metre individual medley for 30 years, before it was broken in December 2008 by a 16-year-old Edmonton high school student. Gibson claimed six national titles as a college swimmer at Arizona State University. In 1979 she won the 200 back and 400 free relay, in 1979 she won the 400 free relay and in 1981 she was a national champion in the 200 back, 400 IM and 400 medley relay. Inducted in 1995, Gibson is a proud member of the Sun Devil Hall of Fame.
Gibson currently works as a tax attorney in Edmonton.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cheryl Gibson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
External links
- Cheryl Gibson at Swimming Canada
- Cheryl Gibson at World Aquatics
- Cheryl Gibson at Team Canada (archive)
- Cheryl Gibson at Olympics.com
- Cheryl Gibson at Olympic.org (archived)
- Cheryl Gibson at Olympedia
- Cheryl Gibson at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- 1962 – 1966: 220 yards
- 1970 – present: 200 metres
- 1962:
Linda Ludgrove (ENG)
- 1966:
Linda Ludgrove (ENG)
- 1970:
Lynne Watson (AUS)
- 1974:
Wendy Cook (CAN)
- 1978:
Cheryl Gibson (CAN)
- 1982:
Lisa Forrest (AUS)
- 1986:
Georgina Parkes (AUS)
- 1990:
Anna Simcic (NZL)
- 1994:
Nicole Stevenson (AUS)
- 1998:
Katy Sexton (ENG)
- 2002:
Sarah Price (ENG)
- 2006:
Joanna Fargus (AUS)
- 2010:
Meagen Nay (AUS)
- 2014:
Belinda Hocking (AUS)
- 2018:
Kylie Masse (CAN)
- 2022:
Kaylee McKeown (AUS)
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