Britta Oppelt

Britta Oppelt (born 5 July 1978) is a German Olympic-medal winning sculler.

Britta Oppelt
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Double sculls
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonQuadruple sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Quadruple sculls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Lake Bled Women's quad
Gold medal – first place2013 ChungjiuWomen's quad
Silver medal – second place2003 MilanDouble sculls
Silver medal – second place2005 GifuWomen's quad
Silver medal – second place2006 EtonDouble sculls
Silver medal – second place2007 MunichWomen's quad
Bronze medal – third place2010 Lake KarapiroWomen's quad

Oppelt was born in East Berlin,[1] and competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, in the double sculls, and took home the silver medal along with teammate Peggy Waleska.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was on the German quadruple sculls team that won the silver medal, along with Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Bär and Julia Richter.[2]

In 2008, she was part of the German quadruple sculls team that won the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics, along with Manuela Lutze, Kathrin Boron and Stephanie Schiller.[3]

She is also a two-time world champion in the women's quadruple sculls in 2011 and 2013.[4] In 2011, she rowed with Tina Manker, Stephanie Schiller and Julia Richter.[4][5] In 2013, she rowed with Carina Bär, Julia Richter and Annekatrin Thiele. In the quadruple sculls, she has also won two world championship silver medals, in 2005 (with Susanne Schmidt, Kathrin Boron and Stephanie Schiller) and 2007 (with Manuela Lutze, Kathrin Boron and Stephanie Schiller), and a bronze in 2010 (with Carina Bär, Tina Manker and Julia Richter).[6][7][8] She has also won two silvers medals at world level in the double sculls, in 2003 (with Kathrin Boron) and 2006 (with Susanne Schmidt).[9][10]

At European level she has won quadruple sculls gold at the 2013 European Championships and silver at the 2010 European Championships.[11][12]

References
  1. "Olympedia – Britta Oppelt".
  2. "Women's Quadruple Sculls - Olympic Rowing | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  3. "2008 Olympics – Women's Quadruple Sculls Final". www.worldrowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  4. "2011 World Championships – Women's Quadruple Sculls Final". www.worldrowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  5. "2013 World Rowing Championship – Women's Quadruple Sculls Final". www.worldrowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  6. "2005 World Rowing Championship – Women's Quadruple Sculls Final". www.worldrowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  7. "2007 World Rowing Championship – Women's Quadruple Sculls Final". www.worldrowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  8. "2010 World Rowing Championship – Women's Quadruple Sculls Final". www.worldrowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  9. "2003 World Rowing Championship – Women's Double Sculls Final". www.worldrowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  10. "2006 World Rowing Championships – Women's Double Sculls Final". www.worldrowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  11. "2013 European Championships". www.worldrowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  12. "2010 European Rowing Championships – Women's Quadruple Sculls Final". www.worldrowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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