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{{Short description|Canadian swimmer (born 1959)}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Cheryl Gibson
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| full_name      = Cheryl Anne Gibson
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| national_team  = Canada
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1959|7|28|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Edmonton]], Alberta, Canada
| death_date     =
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| height         = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|59|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| strokes        = [[Backstroke]], [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]], [[medley swimming|medley]]
| club           = Canadian Dolphin Swim Club
| collegeteam    = [[Arizona State Sun Devils|Arizona State University]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre individual medley|400&nbsp;m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1978 World Aquatics Championships|1978 Berlin]] | [[Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships|100&nbsp;m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 1978 Berlin | [[Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships|200&nbsp;m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] | [[Swimming at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|200&nbsp;m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]] | [[Aquatics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|4×100&nbsp;m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1982 Brisbane | [[Aquatics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|200&nbsp;m medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 1978 Edmonton | [[Swimming at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|100 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 1978 Edmonton | [[Swimming at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|400&nbsp;m medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 1982 Brisbane | [[Aquatics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|200&nbsp;m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1975 Pan American Games|1975 Mexico City]] | [[Swimming at the 1975 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200&nbsp;m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1975 Mexico City | [[Swimming at the 1975 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley|400&nbsp;m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1979 Pan American Games|1979 San Juan]] | [[Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke|100&nbsp;m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1979 San Juan | [[Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke|200&nbsp;m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1979 San Juan | [[Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100&nbsp;m medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 1975 Mexico City | [[Swimming at the 1975 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke|200&nbsp;m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 1975 Mexico City | [[Swimming at the 1975 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley|200&nbsp;m medley]]}}
}}

'''Cheryl Anne Gibson''' (born July 28, 1959), is a former competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from Canada who won the silver medal in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in Montreal, Quebec.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/cheryl-gibson-1.html |title=Cheryl Gibson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165851/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/cheryl-gibson-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> In her international swimming career from 1974 to 1982 she additionally won seven Pan American Games medals, two World Championships medals, six Commonwealth Games medals, and 34 Canadian national titles.<ref name="coc">{{cite web |title=Cheryl Gibson |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/cheryl-gibson/ |website=Olympic.ca |date=September 18, 2011 |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>

Gibson swam for Arizona State University, and her coaches included [[Mona Plummer]].<ref name=Olympians>{{cite web|url=https://thesundevils.com/sports/2013/4/17/208257027.aspx|title=Arizona State Olympians|website=thesundevils.com|access-date=May 20, 2025}}</ref> 

She was named winner of the [[Velma Springstead Trophy]] awarded to Canada's female athlete of the year.

She held the Alberta provincial record in the 400-metre individual medley for 30 years, before it was broken in December 2008 by a 16-year-old Edmonton high school student. Gibson claimed six national titles as a college swimmer at [[Arizona State University]]. In 1979 she won the 200 back and 400 free relay, in 1979 she won the 400 free relay and in 1981 she was a national champion in the 200 back, 400 IM and 400 medley relay. Inducted in 1995, Gibson is a proud member of the Sun Devil Hall of Fame.<ref name="coc"/>

She was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1986, Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame in 1991, and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2001.<ref name="coc"/>

Gibson obtained a Chartered Accountant designation in 1986 and a law degree from the University of Toronto in 1989. <ref name="coc"/> Gibson currently works as a tax attorney in Edmonton and is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants Alberta.<ref name="cpaa">{{cite web |title=Olympian Cheryl Gibson FCPA, FCA, QC |url=https://dailydividends.cpaalberta.ca/candid-with-olympian-cheryl-gibson-fcpa-fca-qc/ |website=Dividends Magazine |publisher=Chartered Professional Accountants Alberta |access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>

She became president and chair of [[Swimming Canada]] and is a member of its "Circle of Excellence".<ref name="coc"/> As of 2024, she serves as a member of [[World Aquatics]], the international body governing international water sports competitions.<ref name="WA2024">{{cite web |title=Cheryl Gibson |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1108018/cheryl-gibson/profile |website=World Aquatics |access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.swimming.ca/en/cheryl-gibson/ Cheryl Gibson] at [[Swimming Canada]]
* {{World Aquatics|id=1108018}}
* {{COC profile|cheryl-gibson}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20070310231717/http://www.olympic.ca/EN/athletes/query/details2.php?id=35874 archive])
* {{Olympics.com|cheryl-gibson|org_archive=20210203010207}}
* {{Olympedia|45793}}
* {{CGF profile|53453}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian female backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Canadian female butterfly swimmers]]
[[Category:Canadian female medley swimmers]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Canada]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Edmonton]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1975 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada]]
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[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Arizona State Sun Devils women's swimmers]]
[[Category:Canadian expatriate swimmers in the United States]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games]]


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