Bryan Gibson

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Bryan Gibson
Born
Kentville, Nova Scotia
OccupationBoxer

Bryan Gibson (born November 10, 1947, in Kentville, Nova Scotia) is a former Canadian boxer, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and is the first boxer of African descent from Nova Scotia to compete in the Olympics.[1]

He now coaches the Evangaline Trail Amateur Boxing Club in his hometown of Kentville.[2] He has coached a variety of amateur boxers including some amateur national champions and a gold medallist at the most recent Canada Games. He is also a bus driver for the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Amateur boxing career

Gibson fought at the 1973 Western New York Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament.[3] In 1974, he won the Canadian National Amateur Boxing Championships in the 178 pounds division,[4] and in 1975 he won another national amateur boxing title. He beat Ernie Barr in the 1975 North American 178-pound amateur championship bout at the Miami Marine Stadium.[5] He qualified for the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City as a light-heavyweight boxer, but he lost in the preliminary round.[6]

The Kentville native represented Team Canada in the men's middleweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[7] He was defeated by Bernd Wittenburg of East Germany at 75 kilograms.

1976 Olympic record

Below are the results of Bryan Gibson, a Canadian middleweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:

  • Round of 32: lost to Bernd Wittenburg (East Germany) by a third-round knockout[8]

Honors and awards

  • 1974 Canadian National Amateur Boxing Champion. (1974)
  • 1975 Canadian National Amateur Boxing Champion. (1975)
  • 1975 North American Amateur Boxing Champion. (1975)
  • 1975 Pan American Games participant. (1975)[9]
  • 1976 Summer Olympics participant. (1976)
  • Inductee of the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame. (1991)[10]
  • Honored with a mural in Kentville.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Bryan Gibson". 18 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Boxing". 14 April 2017.
  3. ^ https://boxrec.com/en/event/862838/2896759 [bare URL]
  4. ^ "Canadian Nationals 1974".
  5. ^ https://boxrec.com/en/event/804367/2460591 [bare URL]
  6. ^ "7.Panamerican Games - Ciudad Mexico, Mexico - October 14-25 1975".
  7. ^ https://olympics.com/en/athletes/bryan-gibson [bare URL]
  8. ^ https://boxrec.com/en/event/796137/2646881 [bare URL]
  9. ^ https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/olympian-bryan-gibson-honoured-with-mural-in-kentville-ns-100739752/ [bare URL]
  10. ^ https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/kentville-ns-olympian-boxing-hall-of-famer-to-be-celebrated-with-art-mural-100731617/ [bare URL]
  11. ^ "New mural in Kentville honours life, boxing career of Olympian Bryan Gibson". 28 May 2022.


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