Rebecca Giddens

Rebecca Giddens

Personal information
Born	September 19, 1977 (1977-09-19) (age 39) Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Medal record Women's canoe slalom Representing  United States Olympic Games 2004 Athens K-1 World Championships 2002 Bourg St.-Maurice K-1 1999 La Seu d'Urgell K-1 team 2003 Augsburg K-1

Rebecca Giddens (née Bennett, born September 19, 1977) is a United States slalom canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s.^[1] Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the K-1 event in Athens in 2004.

Giddens also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K-1: 2002) a silver (K-1 team: 1999) and a bronze (K-1: 2003).

Giddens was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin and resides in Kernville, California, where she owns a brewpub with her husband, Eric and brewer Kyle Smith. Her husband finished 20th in the men's K-1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

References

1. ↑ "Rebecca Giddens bio". daveyhearn.com. 

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.
• "Rebecca Giddens". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 
• Yahoo! Athens 2004 profile
• Overview of athlete's results at canoeslalom.net