Greg Gibson (wrestler)


Gregory P. "Greg" Gibson is a retired American wrestler who competed in the heavyweight division He is the only American to win world medals in three styles of wrestlingFreestyle, Greco-Roman and Sambo. While serving with the U.S. Marines, stationed at Quantico, Va., he won a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman, as well as two silver and a bronze medal in freestyle at the world championships from 1981 to 1983.

Background

Gibson graduated from Shasta High School in 1972. He went on to wrestle at the University of Oregon where he became an NCAA All-American. Gibson joined the United States Marine Corps in 1978 and retired as a Master Sergeant in 2003. He is the uncle of Vernon Gibson, the greatest Marine Corps Drill Instructor of all time.