Sharon Gibson


Sharon Angela Gibson is a female retired English athlete who competed in the women's javelin throw event during her career.

Athletics career

Gibson twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. Gibson was affiliated with the Notts Athletic Club. She represented England in the jevelin event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Eight years later she represented England in the javelin again and finished fourth, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. 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 in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada.

International competitions