Robert Gibson (rower)

Robert Gibson (born February 2, 1986) is a Canadian rower.

Robert Gibson

Personal information
Full name	Robert Gibson
Nationality	Canada
Born	(1986-02-02) February 2, 1986 (age 39) Kingston, Ontario
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Sport
College team	University of Washington
Club	Kingston Rowing Club Varsity Boat Club
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2012 London Men's eight World Championships 2006 Dorney Coxed four 2009 Poznań Eight 2011 Bled Eight World U23 Championships 2006 Heindonk Eight 2008 Brandenburg an der Havel Eight World Junior Championships 2004 Banyoles Coxed four Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Quadruple sculls 2015 Toronto Single sculls

In 2004, he was the Canadian Indoor Rowing Champion and became the Canadian High School Rowing champion in the Mens 2- with partner Will Crothers. He also earned a scholarship to attend the University of Washington and won a bronze medal at the Junior World Rowing Championships in the Mens coxed 4+.

He was officially named as the alternate to the 2008, Beijing Olympics Gold Medal Winning Mens 8+.^{[citation needed]}

He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's eight with Gabriel Bergen, Andrew Byrnes, Jeremiah Brown, Will Crothers, Douglas Csima, Malcolm Howard, Conlin McCabe and Brian Price.^[1]

He was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. He was a recipient of the official 'Key to the City of Kingston' in 2012, along with fellow Kingstonian Olympic Athletes Will Crothers and Dylan Wykes.

At the 2015, Pan-Am Games he won a gold medal in the Mens Quad 4x as well as a silver medal in the Mens Single 1x.

In June 2016, he was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team in the Mens 4X finishing 8th.^[2]