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British rower (born 1994)

Rory Gibbs

Personal information

Nationality

British

Born

(1994-04-03) 3 April 1994 (age 30)

Height

1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)

Sport

Country

Great Britain

Sport

Rowing

Event

Coxless four

Club

Oxford Brookes

Medal record

Men's rowing

Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
	2024 Paris	Eight
World Championships
	2022 Račice	Eight
	2023 Belgrade	Eight
	2019 Ottensheim	Coxless four
European Championships
	2019 Lucerne	Coxless four
	2021 Varese	Coxless four
	2022 Oberschleißheim	Eight
	2023 Bled	Eight
	2024 Szeged	Eight

Rory Gibbs (born 3 April 1994) is a British representative rower - an Olympic and a two-time world champion. He won the 2022 and 2023 world championship titles in the British men's eight. Between 2016 and 2023 he rowed in victorious crews across six events at the Henley Royal Regatta.

University rowing

Gibbs took up rowing after picking up injuries playing rugby. He was educated at Millfield School and Oxford Brookes university where he was a relative late starter in taking up rowing.

Racing for Oxford Brookes, Gibbs enjoyed an incredible run of victories at the Henley Royal Regatta as he proceeded through his developmental stages - in 2016 a victory in the Temple Challenge Cup (for university eights); in 2017 & 2018 victory in the Ladies' Challenge Plate (for club and university eights below international standard); in 2019 the Stewards' Challenge Cup (for club and university coxless fours). In 2022, he won the Grand Challenge Cup (the blue riband event at Henley) in the bow of a composite Leander/Oxford Brookes crew. In 2023 again in Oxford Brookes colours, he was at five in the Leander/Oxford Brookes eight for another Grand Challenge Cup victory.

Representative career

Gibbs first made national selection for Great Britain into the U23 men's eight for the 2015 U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv. That crew rowed to a fifth placing. In 2016 Gibbs was selected to the British coxed four for the U23 World Championships and another overall fifth placing.

2019 saw Gibbs selected into the Great Britain men's senior squad and medal success soon followed. He won a gold medal in the coxless four at the 2019 European Rowing Championships with Oliver Cook, Matthew Rossiter and Sholto Carnegie then that same crew won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.

That crew of Gibbs, Cook, Rossiter and Carnegie stayed together throughout the Covid lost season of 2020 whilst knowing their 2019 performances had qualified the boat for the eventual 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In 2021, they won a second European gold medal as a 4- in Varese, Italy, then took gold at the World Rowing Cup II. At the Tokyo Olympic regatta they won their heat, comfortably beating the eventual bronze medallists Italy. In the Olympic final they were in medal contention at each mark but were run down by the Italians in the last 500m and finished in fourth place.

2022 saw Gibbs selected in the bow seat of the Great Britain senior men's eight. In that international season the eight won gold at two World Rowing Cups and at the 2022 European Rowing Championships. Gibbs in the British eight went on to win gold and a world championship title at the 2022 World Rowing Championships in Račice. In 2023 Gibbs won a second successive world championship in the men's eight at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.

He won a gold medal as part of the Great Britain eight at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

References

^ "Profile". British Rowing. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ "Men's Squad".
"Leander, Oxford Brookes and Thames dominate at Henley Royal Regatta". British Rowing. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ Gibbs at World Rowing
^ "European Rowing Championships: Great Britain men's four win gold in Lucerne". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
"World Rowing Championships: Two gold & two bronze medals for Great Britain". BBC Sport. 31 August 2019.
"Men's Four Final A (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
"European Championships Munich 2022: GB win four rowing gold medals". BBC. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
"Catch-up: World Rowing Championships Finals: GB wins Gold in Men's Eight". BBC Sport. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
"Britain's men win gold and women bronze in eights". BBC Sport. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

External links

v t e World champions – Men's eight
1962: (Meyer, Plagemann, Aeffke, Behrens, Wallbrecht, von Groddeck, Ingo Kliefoth, Bernd Kruse, cox Ahrens) 1966: (Meyer, Schreyer, Schwan, Luhn, Hertel, Henning, Ulbricht, Kuhn, cox Niehusen) 1970: (Borchmann, Jobst, Zander, Gust, Martens, Ahrendt, Foppke, Puls, cox Zahn) 1974: (Shealy, Stevenson, Cashin, Norelius, Everett, Vespoli, Mickelson, Brown, cox Weinberg) 1975: (Arndt, Döhn, Wendisch, Ulrich, Klatt, Kostulski, Karnatz, Prudöhl, cox Ludwig) 1977: (Sredzki, Lindner, Gottschalt, Kons, Lück, Frieberg, Karnatz, Gunkel, cox Jahncke) 1978: (Schumann, Karnatz, Sredzki, Ebert, Ulrich, Jährling, Dühring, Höing, cox Kaiser) 1979: (Schiller, Friedrich, Wenzel, Ulrich, Höing, Karnatz, Krauß, Rodewald, cox Ludwig) 1981: (Gudauskas, Solomakhin, Krilov, Diduk, Narushaitis, Narmontas, Pinskus, Maystrenka, cox Nizhegorodov) 1982: (O'Connell, Stanley, Stevenson, Keys, White-Parsons, White, Brook, Rodger, cox Hay) 1983: (Stanley, Stevenson, Rodger, White-Parsons, White, Mabbott, Keys, Atherfold, cox Hay) 1985: (Komarov, Diduk, Pinskus, But, Omelyanovich, Hurkovskiy, Voloshin, Vasilyev, cox Dmytrenko) 1986: (Galloway, Batten, Cooper, McKay, Doyle, Tomkins, Popa, Evans, cox Caterson) 1987: (Teti, Smith, Patton, Still, Nordell, McLaughlin, Burden, Pescatore, cox Bauer) 1989: (Puttlitz, Keßlau, Steffes-Mies, Balster, Dietrich, Mauerwerk, Wessling, Baar, cox Klein) 1990: (Baar, Balster, Dietrich, Korte, Richter, Steffes-Mies, Ungemach, Weyrauch, cox Klein) 1991: (Steffes-Mies, Balster, Fischer, Streppelhoff, Hecht, Klapheck, Wessling, Baar, cox Klein) 1993: (Baar, Hoeltzenbein, Lütkefels, Richter, Scholz, Steffes-Mies, Streppelhoff, von Ettingshausen, cox Thiede) 1994: (Brown, Hall, Honebein, Kaehler, Klepacki, Koven, McKibbon, Smith, cox Segaloff) 1995: (Baar, Forster, Kirchhoff, Landvoigt, Lerche, Richter, Sator, Weber, cox Thiede) 1997: (Ahrens, Bea, Henry, Kaehler, Miller, Richter, Wherley, Cummins, cox Cipollone) 1998: (Ahrens, Collins, Kaehler, Klepacki, Miller, Volpenhein, Welsh, Wherley, cox Cipollone) 1999: (Volpenhein, Kaehler, Collins, Welsh, Wherley, Klepacki, Miller, Ahrens, cox Cipollone) 2001: (Măstăcan, Corbeanu, Nemțoc, Florariu, Cornea, Bănică, Pîrvan, Măstăcan, cox Gheorghe) 2002: (Swick, Light, Rutledge, Hamilton, Stankevicius, Hoskins, Kreek, Powell, cox Price) 2003: (Stankevicius, Light, Rutledge, Hamilton, Calder, Hoskins, Kreek, Powell, cox Price) 2005: (Daniels, Deakin, Coppola, Beery, Inman, Volpenhein, Hoopman, McElhenney, cox Blomquist) 2006: (Dießner, Schulte, Koltzk, Stüer, Tebrügge, Siemes, Engelmann, Heidicker, cox Thiede) 2007: (Light, Rutledge, Byrnes, Wetzel, Howard, Seiterle, Kreek, Hamilton, cox Price) 2009: (Käufer, Hauffe, Mennigen, Wilke, Schmidt, Adamski, Seifert, Schmidt, cox Sauer) 2010: (Hauffe, Reinelt, Wilke, Mennigen, Schmidt, Müller, Seifert, Schmidt, cox Sauer) 2011: (Hauffe, Kuffner, Johannesen, Reinelt, Schmidt, Müller, Mennigen, Wilke, cox Sauer) 2013: (Ritchie, Ransley, Gregory, Reed, Sbihi, Triggs Hodge, Nash, Satch, cox Hill) 2014: (Reilly-O'Donnell, Tarrant, Satch, Gotrel, Reed, Bennett, Ransley, Louloudis, cox Hill) 2015: (Gotrel, Louloudis, Reed, Bennett, Sbihi, Gregory, Nash, Satch, cox Hill) 2017: (Weißenfeld, Wimberger, Planer, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, cox Sauer) 2018: (Weißenfeld, Wimberger, Planer, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, cox Sauer) 2019: (Weißenfeld, Follert, Reinhardt, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, cox Sauer) 2022: (Gibbs, Bolding, Bewicke-Copley, Carnegie, Elwes, Digby, Rudkin, Ford, cox Brightmore) 2023: (Dawson, Bolding, Gibbs, Carnegie, Elwes, Digby, Rudkin, Ford, cox Brightmore)

World champions – Men's eight

1962: (Meyer, Plagemann, Aeffke, Behrens, Wallbrecht, von Groddeck, Ingo Kliefoth, Bernd Kruse, cox Ahrens)
1966: (Meyer, Schreyer, Schwan, Luhn, Hertel, Henning, Ulbricht, Kuhn, cox Niehusen)
1970: (Borchmann, Jobst, Zander, Gust, Martens, Ahrendt, Foppke, Puls, cox Zahn)
1974: (Shealy, Stevenson, Cashin, Norelius, Everett, Vespoli, Mickelson, Brown, cox Weinberg)
1975: (Arndt, Döhn, Wendisch, Ulrich, Klatt, Kostulski, Karnatz, Prudöhl, cox Ludwig)
1977: (Sredzki, Lindner, Gottschalt, Kons, Lück, Frieberg, Karnatz, Gunkel, cox Jahncke)
1978: (Schumann, Karnatz, Sredzki, Ebert, Ulrich, Jährling, Dühring, Höing, cox Kaiser)
1979: (Schiller, Friedrich, Wenzel, Ulrich, Höing, Karnatz, Krauß, Rodewald, cox Ludwig)
1981: (Gudauskas, Solomakhin, Krilov, Diduk, Narushaitis, Narmontas, Pinskus, Maystrenka, cox Nizhegorodov)
1982: (O'Connell, Stanley, Stevenson, Keys, White-Parsons, White, Brook, Rodger, cox Hay)
1983: (Stanley, Stevenson, Rodger, White-Parsons, White, Mabbott, Keys, Atherfold, cox Hay)
1985: (Komarov, Diduk, Pinskus, But, Omelyanovich, Hurkovskiy, Voloshin, Vasilyev, cox Dmytrenko)
1986: (Galloway, Batten, Cooper, McKay, Doyle, Tomkins, Popa, Evans, cox Caterson)
1987: (Teti, Smith, Patton, Still, Nordell, McLaughlin, Burden, Pescatore, cox Bauer)
1989: (Puttlitz, Keßlau, Steffes-Mies, Balster, Dietrich, Mauerwerk, Wessling, Baar, cox Klein)
1990: (Baar, Balster, Dietrich, Korte, Richter, Steffes-Mies, Ungemach, Weyrauch, cox Klein)
1991: (Steffes-Mies, Balster, Fischer, Streppelhoff, Hecht, Klapheck, Wessling, Baar, cox Klein)
1993: (Baar, Hoeltzenbein, Lütkefels, Richter, Scholz, Steffes-Mies, Streppelhoff, von Ettingshausen, cox Thiede)
1994: (Brown, Hall, Honebein, Kaehler, Klepacki, Koven, McKibbon, Smith, cox Segaloff)
1995: (Baar, Forster, Kirchhoff, Landvoigt, Lerche, Richter, Sator, Weber, cox Thiede)
1997: (Ahrens, Bea, Henry, Kaehler, Miller, Richter, Wherley, Cummins, cox Cipollone)
1998: (Ahrens, Collins, Kaehler, Klepacki, Miller, Volpenhein, Welsh, Wherley, cox Cipollone)
1999: (Volpenhein, Kaehler, Collins, Welsh, Wherley, Klepacki, Miller, Ahrens, cox Cipollone)
2001: (Măstăcan, Corbeanu, Nemțoc, Florariu, Cornea, Bănică, Pîrvan, Măstăcan, cox Gheorghe)
2002: (Swick, Light, Rutledge, Hamilton, Stankevicius, Hoskins, Kreek, Powell, cox Price)
2003: (Stankevicius, Light, Rutledge, Hamilton, Calder, Hoskins, Kreek, Powell, cox Price)
2005: (Daniels, Deakin, Coppola, Beery, Inman, Volpenhein, Hoopman, McElhenney, cox Blomquist)
2006: (Dießner, Schulte, Koltzk, Stüer, Tebrügge, Siemes, Engelmann, Heidicker, cox Thiede)
2007: (Light, Rutledge, Byrnes, Wetzel, Howard, Seiterle, Kreek, Hamilton, cox Price)
2009: (Käufer, Hauffe, Mennigen, Wilke, Schmidt, Adamski, Seifert, Schmidt, cox Sauer)
2010: (Hauffe, Reinelt, Wilke, Mennigen, Schmidt, Müller, Seifert, Schmidt, cox Sauer)
2011: (Hauffe, Kuffner, Johannesen, Reinelt, Schmidt, Müller, Mennigen, Wilke, cox Sauer)
2013: (Ritchie, Ransley, Gregory, Reed, Sbihi, Triggs Hodge, Nash, Satch, cox Hill)
2014: (Reilly-O'Donnell, Tarrant, Satch, Gotrel, Reed, Bennett, Ransley, Louloudis, cox Hill)
2015: (Gotrel, Louloudis, Reed, Bennett, Sbihi, Gregory, Nash, Satch, cox Hill)
2017: (Weißenfeld, Wimberger, Planer, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, cox Sauer)
2018: (Weißenfeld, Wimberger, Planer, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, cox Sauer)
2019: (Weißenfeld, Follert, Reinhardt, Johannesen, Schneider, Jakschik, Schmidt, Ocik, cox Sauer)
2022: (Gibbs, Bolding, Bewicke-Copley, Carnegie, Elwes, Digby, Rudkin, Ford, cox Brightmore)
2023: (Dawson, Bolding, Gibbs, Carnegie, Elwes, Digby, Rudkin, Ford, cox Brightmore)

v t e Olympic champions – Men's eight
1900: Carr, DeBaecke, Exley, Geiger, Hedley, Juvenal, Lockwood, Marsh, Abell (USA) 1904: Cresser, Gleason, Schell, Flanagan, Armstrong, Lott, Dempsey, Exley, Abell (USA) 1908: Gladstone, Kelly, Johnstone, Nickalls, Burnell, Sanderson, Etherington-Smith, Bucknall, Maclagan (GBR) 1912: Burgess, Swann, Wormald, Horsfall, Gillan, Garton, Kirby, Fleming, Wells (GBR) 1920: Jacomini, Graves, Jordan, Moore, Sanborn, Johnston, Gallagher, King, Clark (USA) 1924: Carpenter, Kingsbury, Lindley, Miller, Rockefeller, Sheffield, Spock, Wilson, Stoddard (USA) 1928: Stalder, Brinck, Frederick, Thompson, Dally, Workman, Caldwell, Donlon, Blessing (USA) 1932: Salisbury, Blair, Gregg, Dunlap, Jastram, Chandler, Tower, Hall, Graham (USA) 1936: Morris, Day, Adam, White, McMillin, Hunt, Rantz, Hume, Moch (USA) 1948: I. Turner, D. Turner, Hardy, Ahlgren, Butler, Brown, Smith, Stack, Purchase (USA) 1952: Shakespeare, Fields, Dunbar, Murphy, Detweiler, Proctor, Frye, Stevens, Manring (USA) 1956: Charlton, Wight, Cooke, Beer, Esselstyn, Grimes, Wailes, Morey, Becklean (USA) 1960: Rulffs, Schröder, F. Schepke, K. Schepke, von Groddeck, Hopp, Bittner, Lenk, Padge (EUA) 1964: J. Amlong, T. Amlong, Budd, Clark, Cwiklinski, Foley, Knecht, Stowe, Zimonyi (USA) 1968: Meyer, Hottenrott, Schreyer, Hirschfelder, Henning, Siebert, Ulbricht, Ott, Tiersch (FRG) 1972: Hurt, Veldman, Joyce, Hunter, Wilson, Earl, Coker, Robertson, Dickie (NZL) 1976: Baumgart, Döhn, Klatt, Lück, Wendisch, Kostulski, Karnatz, Prudöhl, Danielowski (GDR) 1980: Krauß, Koppe, Kons, Friedrich, Doberschütz, Karnatz, Dühring, Höing, Ludwig (GDR) 1984: Horn, Crawford, J. M. Evans, Steele, Main, Ma. Evans, Neufeld, Turner, McMahon (CAN) 1988: Rabe, Schultz, Wessling, Maennig, Mellinghaus, Möllenkamp, Domian, Eichholz, Klein (FRG) 1992: Barber, Crosby, Forgeron, Marland, Paul, Porter, Rascher, Robertson, Wallace (CAN) 1996: Maasdijk, Florijn, Duyster, Bartman, Zwolle, van der Zwan, van Steenis, Simon, Rienks (NED) 2000: Lindsay, Hunt-Davis, Dennis, Attrill, Grubor, West, Scarlett, Trapmore, Douglas (GBR) 2004: Read, Allen, Ahrens, Hansen, Deakin, Beery, Hoopman, Volpenheim, Cipollone (USA) 2008: Light, Rutledge, Byrnes, Wetzel, Howard, Seiterle, Kreek, Hamilton, Price (CAN) 2012: Adamski, Kuffner, Johannesen, Reinelt, Schmidt, Müller, Mennigen, Wilke, Sauer (GER) 2016: Durant, Ransley, Hodge, Gotrel, Reed, Bennett, Langridge, Satch, Hill (GBR) 2020: Mackintosh, Bond, Murray, Brake, Williamson, Wilson, Kirkham, Macdonald, Bosworth (NZL) 2024: Bolding, Carnegie, Gibbs, Ford, Dawson, Elwes, Digby, Rudkin, Brightmore (GBR)
See also: 1972 New Zealand eight 1984 Canadian men's eight

Olympic champions – Men's eight