Bryan Gibson
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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]
External links
References
- ^ "Bryan Gibson". 18 September 2011.
- ^ "Boxing". 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Bout: Joe Urso and Bryan Gibson". BoxRec. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "Canadian Nationals 1974".
- ^ "Bout: Bryan Gibson and Ernie Barr". BoxRec. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "7.Panamerican Games - Ciudad Mexico, Mexico - October 14-25 1975".
- ^ "Bryan Gibson". Olympics.com. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "Bout: Bernd Wittenburg and Bryan Gibson". BoxRec. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Starratt, Kirk (2 June 2022). "Olympian Bryan Gibson honoured with mural in Kentville, N.S." PNI Atlantic News. Kentville, N.S.: Postmedia Network. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Starratt, Kirk (11 May 2022). "Kentville N.S. Olympian, boxing hall-of-famer to be celebrated with art mural". PNI Atlantic News. Kentville, N.S.: Postmedia Network. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Byard, Matthew (28 May 2022). "New mural in Kentville honours life, boxing career of Olympian Bryan Gibson". Halifax Examiner. Retrieved 31 October 2025.