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'''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]
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