Eric Giddens
American kayaker
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Eric M. Giddens (born 8 May 1973 in Atlanta) is an American slalom kayaker who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s.[1]
Career
Giddens finished 20th in the men's K1 slalom event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[2]
Giddens has been the NBC analyst for both disciplines of canoeing during the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics.
World Cup individual podiums
Family and education
A native of Atlanta, Giddens graduated with a degree in environmental biology from Georgia Tech and earned a Ph.D. in oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.[3] His father is educator Don Giddens.[4] His wife, Rebecca Giddens, won a silver in the women's K1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. They now own a brewpub in Kernville, California.[3]
