# Sharon Gibson

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{{Short description|English athlete (born 1961)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| headercolor      = 
| name             = Sharon Gibson
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| image_size       = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.-->
| caption          = 
| nationality      = British (English)
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1961|12|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [Mapperley](/source/Mapperley), England
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| sport            = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_Athletics)
| event            = javelin
| height           = 168 cm
| weight           =  77 kg
| club             = Notts AC
| pb               = 
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze| [1994 Victoria](/source/1994_Commonwealth_Games) | [javelin](/source/Athletics_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games)}}
}}

'''Sharon Angela Gibson''' (born 31 December 1961) is an English former athlete who competed in the women's [javelin throw](/source/javelin_throw) event during her career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/sharon-gibson-1.html|title=Sharon Gibson Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105055755/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/sharon-gibson-1.html|archive-date=2012-11-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Gibson twice represented Great Britain at the [Summer Olympics](/source/Summer_Olympics): 1984 and 1988. Gibson was affiliated with the [Notts Athletic Club](/source/Notts_Athletic_Club).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68660 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=15 March 2025}}</ref>

Gibson represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games) in the javelin event, at the [1982 Commonwealth Games](/source/1982_Commonwealth_Games) in [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane), Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes|title=1982 Athletes|website=Team England|access-date=2019-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821205719/https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes|archive-date=2019-08-21|url-status=live}}</ref> Eight years later she represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1990_Commonwealth_Games) in the javelin again and finished fourth, at the [1990 Commonwealth Games](/source/1990_Commonwealth_Games) in [Auckland](/source/Auckland), New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England|access-date=2019-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821232849/https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|archive-date=2019-08-21|url-status=live}}</ref> 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](/source/1994_Commonwealth_Games) in [Victoria](/source/Victoria%2C_British_Columbia), in the province of [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41312|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=2019-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001165911/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41312|archive-date=2019-10-01|url-status=live}}</ref>

At national level Gibson was twice the [British javelin throw champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_javelin_throw) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1988 AAA Championships](/source/1988_AAA_Championships)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19880807/050/0050 |title=Trials Results |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=7 August 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003126/19880808/387/0029 |title=Alexander Results |work=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=8 August 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 March 2025}}</ref> and [1991 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/Fatima_Whitbread) and [Tessa Sanderson](/source/Tessa_Sanderson) denied her many more titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=15 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 March 2025 }}</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing the {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}}
|-
|1982
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games)
|[Brisbane, Australia](/source/Brisbane%2C_Australia)
|7th
|[49.56 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_javelin_throw)
|-
|1984
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics)
|[Los Angeles, United States](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California)
|9th
|[59.66 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_javelin_throw)
|-
|1988
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics)
|[Seoul, South Korea](/source/Seoul%2C_South_Korea)
|25th (q)
|[56.00 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_javelin_throw)
|-
|rowspan=2|1990
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1990_Commonwealth_Games)
|[Auckland, New Zealand](/source/Auckland%2C_New_Zealand)
|4th
|[57.26 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1990_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_javelin_throw)
|-
|[European Championships](/source/1990_European_Athletics_Championships) 
|[Split](/source/Split_(city)), [Yugoslavia](/source/SFRY)
|15th (q)
|[55.98 m](/source/1990_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_javelin_throw)
|-
|rowspan=2|1994
|[European Championships](/source/1994_European_Athletics_Championships) 
|[Helsinki, Finland](/source/Helsinki%2C_Finland)
|17th (q)
|[53.82 m](/source/1994_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_javelin_throw)
|-
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games)
|[Victoria, Canada](/source/Victoria%2C_Canada)
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[58.20 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_javelin_throw)
|-
!colspan=6|<small> (q) indicates overall position in qualifying round</small>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{World Athletics}}
{{Footer UK NC Javelin Women}}

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Category:1961 births
Category:Living people
Category:Athletes from Nottingham
Category:English women javelin throwers
Category:British women javelin throwers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
Category:People from Mapperley
Category:Sportspeople from Nottinghamshire
Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics

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