Gilbert Kaburu (born November 8, 1981) is a Ugandan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.

[1] He represented his nation Uganda at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing himself among the top 85 swimmers in the 50 m freestyle.

Kaburu was invited by FINA to compete as a 26-year-old swimmer for the Ugandan team in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Swimming on the outside in heat four, he raced to seventh in a splash-and-dash finish with a time of 27.72 seconds, but placed further in eighty-second overall out of ninety-seven entrants at the end of the evening prelims.

[2] Shortly after the Olympics, Kaburu announced his retirement from swimming career, to continue his education at TCNJ’s Graduate Global Programs in Johannesburg, South Africa.