Britta Oppelt
Britta Oppelt is a German Olympic-medal winning sculler.
Oppelt was born in Berlin, 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.
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.
She is also a two-time world champion in the women's quadruple sculls in 2011 and 2013. In 2011, she rowed with Tina Manker, Stephanie Schiller and Julia Richter. 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 and 2007, and a bronze in 2010. She has also won two silvers medals at world level in the double sculls, in 2003 and 2006.
At European level she has won quadruple sculls gold at the 2013 European Championships and silver at the 2010 European Championships.
