Roger Gibbon

Roger Gibbon

Roger Gibbon (1967)
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Date of birth	March 9, 1944
nation	Trinidad and Tobago
discipline	Track cycling (short term)
End of career	1968
Last updated: February 27, 2019

Roger Patrick Gibbon (born March 9, 1944 in Arouca ) is a former Trinidadian cyclist . He was the first cyclist in his country to be internationally successful and to win a medal at world championships.

Athletic career

Roger Gibbon began his cycling career at the age of 14 when he won the first races in his age group at the Queen's Park Oval Velodrome in Port of Spain . He had his first international success in 1962 at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston , where he was first in the 1000-meter time trial and second in the sprint . In 1963 he won two medals at the Pan American Games in São Paulo , a gold in the sprint and a silver in the time trial. In 1964 he started at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and finished eighth in the time trial. In 1966 he won two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games , in the sprint and in the time trial.

In 1967 Gibbon again won gold twice, at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg and also came third in the amateur sprint at the 1967 UCI World Railroad Championships in Amsterdam . In 1968 he started a second time at the Olympic Games and was fifth in the sprint in Mexico City .

Then Roger Gibbon ended his cycling career; The occasion was the accidental death of his younger brother. He later became president of the Trinidad and Tobago Cycling Federation, vice-president of the National Olympic Committee and headed a government commission on sports matters. In May 2011, he was inducted into the Queen's Park Cricket Club Hall of Fame .

successes

1962

• Central America and Caribbean game winner - 1000 meter time trial
• Central America and Caribbean Games - Sprint

1963

• Pan American Champion - Sprint
• Pan American Championship - 1000 meter time trial

1966

• Central America and Caribbean game winner - sprint, 1000 meter time trial
• Commonwealth Games Winner - Sprint, 1000 Meter Time Trial

1967

• World Championship - 1000 meter time trial
• Panamerican champions - sprint, 1000 meter time trial

Web links

Commons : Roger Gibbon  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Roger Gibbon in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Roger Gibbon in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Roger Patrick Gibbon. National Sporting Archive of Trinidad and Tobago, accessed March 29, 2014 .