Bruce Ibbetson
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Bruce Bernard Ibbetson (born January 13, 1953) is a former American competitive rower and Olympic silver medalist.
Education
[edit]Bruce is a 1975 graduate of the University of California, Irvine.
Olympics
[edit]Ibbetson qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was not able to compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later.[1] He was a member of the American men's eights team that won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bruce Ibbetson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing
- American male rowers
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Congressional Gold Medal recipients
- Rowers at the 1979 Pan American Games
- American rowing Olympic medalist stubs
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing
- University of California, Irvine alumni