Eric Giddens


Eric M. Giddens is an American slalom kayaker who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s.

Career

Giddens finished 20th in the men's K1 slalom event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Giddens has been the NBC analyst for both disciplines of canoeing during the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
2000 Canoe Slalom [World Cup|2000]18 Jun 2000Ocoee1stK1

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. His father is educator Don Giddens. 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.