Sharon Gibson
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Sharon Angela Gibson (born 31 December 1961) is an English former athlete who competed in the women's javelin throw event during her career.[1]
Biography
Gibson twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. Gibson was affiliated with the Notts Athletic Club.[2]
Gibson represented England in the javelin event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.[3] Eight years later she represented England in the javelin again and finished fourth, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[4] A further four years later and at her third Commonwealth games she finally won a medal when winning the bronze at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada.[5]
At national level Gibson was twice the British javelin throw champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1988 AAA Championships[6][7] and 1991 AAA Championships but was unfortunate to have competed in an era when two of the world's best javelin throwers were British and Fatima Whitbread and Tessa Sanderson denied her many more titles.[8][9]
International competitions
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| 1982 | Commonwealth Games | Brisbane, Australia | 7th | 49.56 m | |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 9th | 59.66 m | |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 25th (q) | 56.00 m | |
| 1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 4th | 57.26 m | |
| European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 15th (q) | 55.98 m | ||
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 17th (q) | 53.82 m | |
| Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 3rd | 58.20 m | ||
| (q) indicates overall position in qualifying round | |||||
References
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