Eric Giddens is an American

United States

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 slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s.

Early life 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

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Career

He finished 20th in the men's K-1 slalom event

Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's slalom K-1

These are the results of the men's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater course...

 at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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 in Atlanta. His wife, Rebecca Giddens

Rebecca Giddens

Rebecca Giddens is a United States slalom canoer. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the K-1 event at Athens in 2004....

, won a silver in the women's K-1 event

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's slalom K-1

These are the results of the women's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater course...

 at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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 in Athens

Athens

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. They now own a brewpub, along with brewer Kyle Smith, in Kernville, California

Kernville, California

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