Gregory P. Gibson (born November 20, 1953) is a retired Americanwrestler who competed in the heavyweight division (under 100 kg.) He is the only American to win world medals in three styles of wrestling — Freestyle, Greco-Roman and Sambo.[2] While serving with the U.S. Marines, stationed at Quantico, Va., he won a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman, as well as two silver and a bronze medal in freestyle at the world championships from 1981 to 1983.[3]
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greg, gibson, wrestler, gregory, gibson, born, november, 1953, retired, american, wrestler, competed, heavyweight, division, under, only, american, world, medals, three, styles, wrestling, freestyle, greco, roman, sambo, while, serving, with, marines, statione. Gregory P Gibson born November 20 1953 is a retired American wrestler who competed in the heavyweight division under 100 kg He is the only American to win world medals in three styles of wrestling Freestyle Greco Roman and Sambo 2 While serving with the U S Marines stationed at Quantico Va he won a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Greco Roman as well as two silver and a bronze medal in freestyle at the world championships from 1981 to 1983 3 Greg GibsonGibson at the 1984 OlympicsPersonal informationBorn 1953 11 20 November 20 1953 age 70 Redding California U S 1 Height1 90 m 6 ft 3 in Weight100 kg 220 lb SportSportGreco Roman wrestlingClubUS Marine CorpsMedal record Representing the United StatesMen s Greco Roman wrestlingOlympic Games1984 Los Angeles 100 kgWorld Cup1980 Trelleborg 100 kg1982 Budapest 100 kg1985 Lund 100 kgWorld Super Championships1985 Tokyo 100 kgMilitary World Games1985 Philadelphia 100 kgWorld Military Championships1983 Villeurbanne 100 kgMen s freestyle wrestlingRepresenting the United StatesWorld Championships1981 Skopje 100 kg1982 Edmonton 100 kg1983 Kiev 100 kgWorld Cup1981 Toledo 100 kg1982 Toledo 100 kg1984 Toledo 100 kgMilitary World Games1985 Philadelphia 100 kgWorld Military Championships1983 Villeurbanne 100 kgPan American Games1983 Caracas 100 kgMen s SamboRepresenting the United StatesWorld Championships1982 Paris 100 kgWorld Cup1981 Pontevedra 100 kgCollegiate WrestlingRepresenting the Oregon DucksNCAA Division I Wrestling Championships1975 Princeton Heavyweight1976 Tucson HeavyweightBackground editGibson graduated from Shasta High School in Redding California in 1972 He went on to wrestle at the University of Oregon where he became a two time NCAA All American 4 Gibson joined the United States Marine Corps in 1978 and retired as a Master Sergeant in 2003 In 2007 Gibson was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member 5 References edit California Olympic Wrestlers calgrappler com Retrieved September 18 2022 Ghaffari Wins At Wrestling Trials Associated Press June 23 2000 Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Greg Gibson Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on November 12 2012 Retrieved April 6 2012 404 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Cite uses generic title help Greg Gibson National Wrestling Hall of Fame Retrieved September 18 2022 External links editGregory P Gibson profile at the United World Wrestling databasePeriodicalsErickson Jason May 1990 After 13 years Army beats Marines for Armed Forces Wrestling Championship Marines 19 5 22 Erickson Jason October 1989 Marines make strong showing at Olympic Festival Marines 18 10 4 Erickson Jason June 1989 Olympic medal winner becomes All Marine coach Marines 18 6 4 5 Erickson Jason June 1989 All Marine Wrestling team captures Armed Forces title Marines 18 6 4 Rivers Ron November 1985 Sports line Marine Corps grappler trains Olympic hopefuls Marines 14 11 28 29 Matthews W G August 1985 All Marine team wrestles their way to a national title Marines 14 8 31 Luttenberger David N February 1985 Marine grapplers dominate CISM tourney Marines 14 2 28 29 Merrill Steve September 1984 Gibson wins Olympic silver medal Marines 13 9 19 Brown W V May 1984 Marines grapple for the gold Marines 13 5 32 34 Another gold medal for Gibson Marines 12 10 27 October 1983 Gibson on road to recovery Crescent City Marine 10 May 1988 Timmins J J March 1996 Body Mind and Spirit Wrestler Brings Olympic Glory To USA The Leatherneck 79 3 50 51 Sports The Leatherneck Marine Corps Institute 72 5 52 53 May 1989 Sports The Leatherneck Marine Corps Institute 71 57 1988 Sports The Leatherneck Marine Corps Institute 63 56 1980 Sports The Leatherneck Marine Corps Institute 63 61 1980 Lee Shanze May 1998 Marines Topple Army Powerhouse Marines 27 5 26 27 Timmins J J February 1996 Payback Marines 25 2 19 nbsp nbsp This article about an Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American sport wrestler or wrestling coach is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Greg Gibson wrestler amp oldid 1187481233, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
