Rebecca Giddens (née Bennett, born September 19, 1977) is a

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slalom kayaker who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. Competing in two

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, she won a silver medal in the K1 event in

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. Giddens also won three medals at the

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with a gold (K1:

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) a silver (K1 team:

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) and a bronze (K1:

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). Giddens was born in

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, and resides in

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, where she owns a

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with her husband,

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. Her husband finished 20th in the men's K1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in

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World Cup individual podiums

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1977 births Living people American female canoeists Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in canoeing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Green Bay, Wisconsin 21st-century American women {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub