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John Gibbons (rower)

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Birth name
  
John Greville Gibbons

Height
  
193 cm (6 ft 4 in)

Nationality
  
New Zealand

Weight
  
96 kg (212 lb)

Born
  
19 June 1943 (age 73) (
1943-06-19
)
Wellington, New Zealand

John Greville Gibbons (born 19 June 1943) is a New Zealand rower.

Gibbons was born in 1943 in Wellington, New Zealand. His father was Gerald Gibbons. In April 1968, he was on one of the boats that rescued survivors of the sinking of the TEV Wahine.

A few months later, Gibbons represented New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 174 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee. In 1968, he was a student at the Victoria University of Wellington and while in Mexico at the Summer Olympics, he was awarded VUW Sportsman of the Year, which was presented to his father.

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