Thursday, July 7, 2011

Canada Basketball men's head therapist gets key Olympic job

"Canada Basketball is proud to announce that Sam Gibbs, Canada Basketball’s head therapist for the men’s national program, has been named assistant chief therapist for the 2012 Olympic Games in London by the Canadian Olympic Committee.

“We are very proud of Sam and excited for his opportunity with the Canadian Olympic Committee at the 2012 London Olympic Games,” said Andrew Cook, Canada Basketball’s manager of men’s elite performance. “As our men’s national team program’s head therapist, Sam has given nearly 20 years of tremendous dedication to Canadian high performance athletes and he is very deserving of his selection to serve as the assistant chief therapist.”

Gibbs’s experience with high-performance athletes is extensive. He has worked with many professional and amateur athletes and national medical teams for a number of major international competitions including the Goodwill Games, Pan-Am Games, World Women’s Hockey Championships, World University Games as well as the Olympic Games.

In addition to the work he has done internationally, Gibbs has also worked with the Toronto Raptors as the team's assistant athletic trainer."

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