Robert Gibson (rower)

Robert "Rob" Michael Gibson (born February 2, 1986 in Kingston , Ontario ) is a former Canadian rower who won the 2012 Olympic silver in eighth .

Athletic career

Gibson began rowing in 2002. In 2004, he won the bronze medal in the four-man team at the Junior World Championships . In 2006 Gibson won the Canadian eighth at the U23 World Championships . In the same year Gibson also competed at the world championships in the adult class and together with Max Lang , Chris Aylard , Will Crothers and helmsman Stephen Cheng won the silver medal in the four with helmsman. In 2007 Gibson started at the World Championships in Munich with the four-man without a helmsman , which ultimately took 14th place. In 2008 Gibson rowed in the Rowing World Cup in a four-man without a helmsman, at the U23 World Championships the Canadian eighth received the silver medal behind the US eighth. In 2009 Gibson rowed in the Canadian eighth of the adult class and won the silver medal at the World Championships behind the Germany eighth . At the 2010 World Championships , the eighth finished in seventh place as the winner of the B final, and the following year the crew received the bronze medal behind the Germans and the British at the 2011 World Championships . In 2012 the Canadian eighth set a world best time of 5: 19.35 minutes in the run-up to the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne , but still only finished third in the final. At the Olympic Games in London, the German eighth won ahead of the Canadians.

In 2013 three rowers, Conlin McCabe , Robert Gibson and Will Crothers, changed from the silver eight of 2012 to the four without a helmsman, together with Will Dean the crew took 14th place at the World Championships . In 2014 Kai Langerfeld rowed for Will Dean in the Canadian four-man , and the four-man finished fifth at the World Championships . In 2015 Gibson switched to the quad scull , at the 2015 World Championships the boat missed the direct Olympic qualification with eleventh place. The double scull secured the Olympic starting place in May 2016 in Lucerne. At the 2016 Olympic Regatta , the Canadian quadruple finished eighth.

Web links

• Robert Gibson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Robert Gibson at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )