Duff Gibson 3189475 216469577 2008-06-01T20:18:54Z Miller17CU94 1510826 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 205882780 by [[Special:Contributions/24.145.150.198|24.145.150.198]] ([[User talk:24.145.150.198|talk]]) - vandalism {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|[[Skeleton (sport)|Skeleton]]}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|[[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]]|[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Men]]}} {{MedalWorldChampionships}} {{MedalGold|[[FIBT World Championships 2004|2004 Königssee]]|Men}} {{MedalBronze|[[FIBT World Championships 2005|2005 Calgary]]|Men}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Duff Gibson''' (born [[August 11]], [[1966]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[skeleton (sport)|skeleton racer]] who competed from 1999 to 2006. He was born in [[Vaughan, Ontario]]. At the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], He won the [[gold medal]] in the men's skeleton, narrowly beating out his teammate [[Jeff Pain]]. His victory made the 39-year old surpass [[ice hockey]] player [[Al MacInnis]] as the oldest gold medalist in Canadian Winter Olympic history. More significantly, Gibson became the oldest individual gold medalist in the history of the Winter Games, a record previously held by [[Norway]]'s [[Magnar Solberg]], who was 35 when he won the gold medal in the 20 km individual [[Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics|biathlon event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo]]. He retired immediately following the 2006 Games in Turin. Gibson also finished tenth in the men's skeleton event at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]]. He also won two medals in the men's skeleton event at the [[FIBT World Championships]] with a gold in [[FIBT World Championships 2004|2004]] and a bronze in [[FIBT World Championships 2005|2005]]. Gibson's best overall seasonal [[List of Skeleton World Cup champions|Skeleton World Cup]] finish was second in the men's event in 2003-4. Off the ice, Gibson is a [[firefighter]] at the [[Calgary International Airport]]. ==References== *[http://www.todor66.com/olim/2002w/Skeleton_Men.html 2002 men's skeleton results] *[http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100561&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile] *[http://sports123.com/ske/mwc.html List of men's skeleton World Cup champions since 1987.] *[http://sports123.com/ske/mo.html Men's skeleton Olympic medalists since 1928] *[http://sports123.com/ske/mw.html Men's skeleton world championship medalists since 1989] {{Footer Olympic Champions Skeleton Men}} {{Footer World Champions Skeleton Men}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME = Gibson, Duff |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |SHORT DESCRIPTION = skeleton racer |DATE OF BIRTH = [[August 11]], [[1966]] |PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Vaughan, Ontario]] |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Duff}} [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Canadian skeleton racers]] [[Category:Canadians of English descent]] [[Category:Ontario sportspeople]] [[Category:People from Vaughan, Ontario]] [[Category:Skeleton racers at the 2006 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Winter Olympics medalists]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada]] {{Canada-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub}} {{Skeleton-bio-stub}} [[de:Duff Gibson]] [[fr:Duff Gibson]] [[pl:Duff Gibson]] [[fi:Duff Gibson]]