Rebecca Giddens

Rebecca Giddens

Personal information
Born	September 19, 1977 (1977-09-19) (age 48) Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Medal record Women's canoe slalom Representing United States Olympic Games 2004 Athens K1 World Championships 2002 Bourg St.-Maurice K1 1999 La Seu d'Urgell K1 team 2003 Augsburg K1

Rebecca Giddens (née Bennett, born September 19, 1977) is a United States slalom kayaker who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s.

Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the K1 event in Athens in 2004. Giddens also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1: 2002) a silver (K1 team: 1999) and a bronze (K1: 2003).

Giddens was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and resides in Kernville, California, where she owns a brewpub with her husband, Eric. Her husband finished 20th in the men's K1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

World Cup individual podiums

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
2000	18 Jun 2000	Ocoee	1st	K1
	9 Jul 2000	La Seu d'Urgell	1st	K1
2001	9 Sep 2001	Wausau	3rd	K1
2002	4 Aug 2002	Prague	1st	K1
2003	11 May 2003	Penrith	1st	K1
	6 Jul 2003	La Seu d'Urgell	2nd	K1

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived November 9, 2009)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rebecca Giddens". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
• Yahoo! Athens 2004 profile