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Full name | Cheryl Ann Gibson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Edmonton, Alberta |
July 28, 1959 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, butterfly, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Pacific Dolphins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cheryl Ann Gibson (born July 28, 1959), also known by her married name Cheryl Brokop, is a former competitive swimmer from Canada who won the silver medal in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.
She held the Alberta provincial record in the 400-metre individual medley for 30 years, before it was broken in December 2008 by a 16-year-old Edmonton high school student.
Gibson currently works as a tax attorney in Edmonton.