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Cheryl Gibson Personal information Born July 28, 1959 Medal recordWomen's swimming Competitor for Canada Olympic Games Silver 1976 Montreal 400 m medley World Championships (LC) Bronze 1978 Berlin 100 m backstroke Bronze 1978 Berlin 200 m backstroke Pan American Games Silver 1979 San Juan 100 m backstroke Silver 1979 San Juan 200 m backstroke Silver 1979 San Juan 4×100 m medley Cheryl Gibson (born July 28, 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former international medley, butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who won the silver medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.
She held the Alberta provincial record in the 400 m IM for 30 years, before it was broken in December 2008 by a 16-year-old Edmonton high school student.
References
Commonwealth Champions in Women's 200 m Backstroke 1962 – 1966: 220 yards • 1970 – 2010: 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: Jo Fargus (AUS) • 2010: Meagen Nay (AUS)
Categories:- 1959 births
- Female backstroke swimmers
- Female butterfly swimmers
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- Canadian swimmers
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Living people
- Female medley swimmers
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Olympic swimmers of Canada
- People from Edmonton
- Sportspeople from Alberta
- Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Canadian Olympic medalist stubs
- Canadian swimming biography stubs
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