Rebecca Giddens

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

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 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