Rebecca Giddens

Rebecca Giddens
Personal information
Born September 19, 1977 (1977-09-19) (age 38)
Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.

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.


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