Victoria Opitz

Victoria "Vicky" Opitz (5 June 1988 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American rower and four-time world champion in the eights. After retaining her world title in 2015, she was officially ranked #5 female rower in the world.[1]

Victoria Opitz

Personal information

Born

June 5, 1988 (age 32)
Madison, United States

Medal record

Women's rowing

Representing the United States
World Championships
	2013 Chungju	W8+
	2014 Amsterdam	W8+
	2015 Aiguebelette	W8+
	2018 Plovdiv	W8+

Rowing career

Opitz began rowing in 2006 at the University of Wisconsin. In 2011, she graduated in political science and communication. She lives and trains in Princeton, New Jersey.

Her international debut in the USA eight resulted in victory at the Rowing World Cup in 2013 in Lucerne and was followed by victory at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, South Korea.

References

World Rowing, Athlete rankings, Top ten females

Victoria Opitz at USRowing
Victoria Opitz at FISA WorldRowing.com

World champions – Women's eight

1974: (Dobler, Lehmann, Richter, Schwede, Ahrenholz, Müller, Blanke, Mosig, cox Brickner)
1975: (Goretzki, Knetsch, Richter, Schwede, Kallies, Neu, Nitsche, Mosig, cox Wilke)
1977: (Bügel, Steindorf, Lohs, Neisser, Sandig, Kurth, Schwede, Metze, cox Heß)
1978: (Yermakova, Paziun, Antoniuk, Bunjak, Dergatchenko, Umanets, Tereshina, Pivovarova, cox Frolova)
1979: (Antoniuk, Bunjak, Dergatchenko, Yermakova, Paziun, Tereshina, Umanets, Pivovarova, cox Frolova)
1981: (Baltutite, Teterina, Tereshina, Yatsenko, Makushkina, Shvetsova, Umanets, Paziun, cox Frolova)
1982: (Makushkina, Konopleva, Umanets, Tereshina, Yatsenko, Studneva, Doligaida, Stone, cox Frolova)
1983: (Stone, Averyanova, Konopleva, Studneva, Umanets, Tereshina, Yatsenko, Makushkina, cox Khokhlova)
1985: (Pukhayeva, Zakyrova, Tereshina, Suprun, Znak, Teterina, Yatsenko, Averyanova, cox Khokhlova)
1986: (Tereshina, Suprun, Sakirova, Pukhayeva, Znak, Teterina, Averyanova, Tsessiunaite, cox Khokhlova)
1987: (Virlan, Trașcă, Țicanu, Arba, Chelariu, Necula, Homeghi, Toader, cox Oancia)
1989: (Bălan, Curelea, Tănase, Soare, Chelariu, Neculai, Leonte, Armășescu, cox Oancia)
1990: (Șnep, Bobeică, Burcică, Cochelea, Curela, Oprea, Popescu, Ciucanu-Robu, cox Nedelcu)
1991: (Barnes, Delehanty, Doey, Heddle, Mahon, McBean, Monroe, Taylor, cox Thompson)
1993: (Alupei, Bobeică, Cochelea, Doroftei, Ignat, Neculai, Olteanu, Tănase, cox Ilie)
1994: (Haacker, Klapheck, Schmidt, Martin, Pyritz, Rehaag, Wagner, Werremeier, cox Schnell)
1995: (Dore, Fallon, Fuller, Kakela, Korholz, E. McCagg, M. McCagg, Tranel-Michini, cox Farooq)
1997: (Damian, Susanu, Olteanu, Cazac, Gafencu, Cochelea, Ignat, Tănase, cox Georgescu)
1998: (Cazac, Cochelea, Damian, Dumitrache, Gafencu, Ignat, Olteanu, Susanu, cox Georgescu)
1999: (Damian, Dumitrache, Ignat, Olteanu, Popescu, Spîrcu, Susanu, Bărăscu, cox Georgescu)
2001: (Winter, Lutz, Wilson, Robinson, Martin, Sattin, Roberts, Larsen, cox Bilson)
2002: (Johnson, Peirce, Davies, Urtasun, Marten, Cox, Mickelson, Mackenzie, cox Whipple)
2003: (Hipler, Pyritz, Tucholke, Holthaus, Schmidt, Zimmermann, Günther, Wech, cox Ruppel)
2005: (Outhwaite, Selby Smith, Mills, Hornsey, Martin, Chew, Frasca, Heard, cox Patrick)
2006: (Sickler, Cooke, Goodale, Shoop, Mickelson, Francia, Lind, Davies, cox Whipple)
2007: (Sickler, Shoop, Goodale, Magee, Mickelson, Francia, Lind, Davies, cox Whipple)
2009: (Cafaro, Allen, Larsen-Strecker, Francia, Goodale, Shoop, Lind, Glessner, cox Snyder)
2010: (Goodale, Polk, Redman, Ritzel, Lofgren, Logan, Musnicki, Glessner, cox Whipple)
2011: (Lofgren, Francia, Musnicki, Ritzel, Redman, Polk, Lind, Logan, cox Whipple)
2013: (Polk, Simmonds, Regan, Schmetterling, Luczak, Musnicki, Opitz, Lind, cox Snyder)
2014: (Opitz, Musnicki, Polk, Schmetterling, Luczak, Lind, Logan, Robbins, cox Snyder)
2015: (Opitz, Musnicki, Polk, Schmetterling, Regan, Simmonds, Gobbo, Robbins, cox Snyder)
2017: (Vrinceanu, Bejinariu, Petrilă, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Boguș, Oprea, cox Druncea)
2018: (O'Brien, Mueller, Opitz, Doonan, Moffat, Eisser, Regan, Coffey, cox Guregian)
2019: (Greenslade, Dyke, Spoors, Bevan, Prendergast, K. Gowler, Ross, J. Gowler, cox Shepherd)

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