Rebecca Giddens
Medal record | ||
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Women's canoe slalom | ||
Competitor for United States | ||
Olympic Games | ||
Silver | 2004 Athens | K-1 |
World Championships | ||
Gold | 2002 Bourg St.-Maurice | K-1 |
Silver | 1999 La Seu d'Urgell | K-1 team |
Bronze | 2003 Augsburg | K-1 |
Rebecca Giddens (née Bennett, born September 19, 1977 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) 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 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
- ↑ "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.
- Sports-reference.com profile
- Yahoo! Athens 2004 profile
- Overview of athlete's results at canoeslalom.net