Greg Gibson

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Greg Gibson in 1984 in Los Angeles in a red jersey against the Japanese Yoshihiro Fujita

Gregory "Greg" P. Gibson (born November 20, 1953 in Stafford , Stafford County ) is a retired American wrestler .

Career

Greg Gibson attended Shasta High School and from 1972 the University of Oregon . He was an excellent wrestler and American football player at both institutions . In 1974/75 he even played two seasons as a professional football player. Ultimately, however, he decided to wrestle when he joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1977. He started in both styles, Greco-Roman and freestyle. He was multiple USA champion and used from 1980 by the American Wrestling Association in both styles at many international championships. His greatest achievement was winning the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles . In addition, he won three other medals at world championships. A title win at world championships, however, did not succeed.

After finishing his career as an active wrestler, he received a position as a trainer in the Marine Corps and is a Master-Sgt. stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico . In 2007 he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for his services to wrestling .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = Freestyle, GR = Greco-Roman Style, S = Heavyweight, then up to 100 kg body weight)

  • 1980, 1st place , World Cup in Trelleborg , GR, S, ahead of Nikolai Inkow, Soviet Union , Frank Andersson , Sweden and Yukio Yoshida, Japan ;
  • 1981, 2nd place , World Cup in Toledo / United States , F, S, behind Ilja Fjodorowitsch Mate , Soviet Union and in front of Dashdorjinn Tserentogtokh, Mongolia and Abdallah R'Houma, Africa;
  • 1981, 4th place , World Championships in Oslo , GR, S, with victories over René Vidal, France and Josef Tertelj , Yugoslavia and defeats against Michail Saladse , USSR and Roman Wrocławski , Poland ;
  • 1981, 2nd place , World Championship in Skopje , F, S, with victories over Keith Peache, United Kingdom , Petar Christow, Bulgaria, Istvan Robotka , Hungary and Ilya Mate and one defeat against Roland Gehrke , GDR ;
  • 1982, 2nd place , World Cup in Toledo / United States, F, S, behind Magomed Magomedow , Soviet Union and ahead of Robert Deschatelets, Canada and Kim Gi-Jung, Korea;
  • 1982, 3rd place , World Championships in Edmonton , F, S, behind Ilja Mate and Slavcho Chervenkov, Bulgaria and in front of Gehrke, Julius Strnisko , ČSSR and Ayhan Taskin, Turkey;
  • 1982, 3rd place , World Cup in Budapest , GR, S, behind Tamás Gáspár , Hungary and Sergej Golubovich, Soviet Union and in front of Vasile Andrei , Romania and Khamis Sannah, Egypt ;
  • 1983, 1st place , Pan American Games in Caracas , F, S, ahead of Deschatelets and Luis Miranda Leon, Cuba;
  • 1983, 1st place , World Military World Cup in Villeurbanne / France, GR, S, ahead of Khamis Sannah and Panagiotis Pikilidis, Greece ;
  • 1983, 1st place , World Military World Cup in Villeurbanne, F, S, ahead of Sadghiani, Iran and Kamis Sannah;
  • 1983, 2nd place , World Championships in Kiev , F, S, behind Aslan Chadarzew , Soviet Union and in front of Jantschew, Bulgaria, Robotka, Luis Miranda Leon and Strnisko;
  • 1984, 2nd place , World Cup in Toledo / United States, F, S, behind Aslan Chadarzew and in front of Luis Miranda Leon;
  • 1984, silver medal , OS in Los Angeles , GR, S, with victories over Yoshihiro Fujita , Japan, Fritz Gersmeier, FRG and Tertelj and one defeat against Vasile Andrei;
  • 1985, 2nd place , World Super Championship in Tokyo , GR, S, behind Norbert Növényi , Hungary and in front of Masahiko Fukuda, Japan;
  • 1985, 1st place , World Cup in Lund / Sweden, GR, S, ahead of Vyacheslav Klimenko , Soviet Union and Wilfredo Pelango Garcia, Cuba

USA championships

Greg Gibson was USA free style champion in 1977, 1983 and 1985 and Greco-Roman style in 1982 and 1985, each in the heavyweight division.

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personal data
SURNAME Gibson, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gibson, Gregory P. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Stafford , Stafford County