Neil Stanley Gibson (25 March 1962 – 3 January 1999) was a New Zealand

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. Gibson was born in 1962 in Blenheim, New Zealand. In 1986 he won a silver medal in the

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at the

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in a boat with Shane O'Brien,

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, and

Don Symon Donald Alan Symon (born 20 May 1960) is a former New Zealand Rowing (sport), rower who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Symon was born in 1960 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Along with Kevin Lawton, Barrie ...

. He also won a bronze medal with the men's eight. He represented New Zealand at the

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in the

in a team with Campbell Clayton-Greene, Bill Coventry, and Geoff Cotter, where they came seventh. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 552 by the

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. He died on 3 January 1999 in

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of cancer.

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