Cameron Gibson

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Cameron Gibson
Personal information
Full nameCameron Michael Gibson
NicknameCam
Born (1982-08-14) 14 August 1982 (age 42)
Auckland, New Zealand
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Melbourne 200m backstroke

Cameron Michael Gibson (born 14 August 1982 in Auckland) is a New Zealand swimming competitor. He won a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in a time of 2:00.72 minutes.

He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the latter he swam the final, freestyle, leg (47.00) for the New Zealand team which finish fifth in the final of Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay. [1]

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References

  1. "Cameron Gibson". Olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2012.